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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1395119" data-attributes="member: 32998">So we assume there is no obvious European bird totally missing?? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Presumably Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler will also not be depicted as a widespread Mediterranean resident lol <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Agree, not sure we need the same level of information as for the birds in the main text.Not a real gripe, but the two double pages of North American passerines always annoy me in the current Collins. I know they were done by a US artist (the better to accurately portay the species apparently), but the style and colouration is quite different and jars IMO. Most are not even that regular these days, eg American Redstart and Black-and-white Warbler..... Maybe relegate them to one of the two back sections ....</blockquote>