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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andy Adcock" data-source="post: 3497892" data-attributes="member: 31710">Agree,all this splitting is so hard to keep up with, one reason why I steadfastly, use only one list.The point was reached quite some time ago when it became advisable to see certain races in the event of a future split.Under the BSC, wouldn't e.g Spanish and House Sparrow be deemed one species if they produced viable offspring when paired rather than leading to the creation of a new species, Italian Sparrow?I don't see how science, where most things are absolute and quantifiable, can apply two different concepts dependent on the animals being studied? What is to be gained by such a liberal approach to taxonomy as offered by the PSC, who ultimately benefits from the creation of so many new species, is it really science?I'm confused most of the time anyway so nothing's new!?A</blockquote>