like: Wikipedia is a bloody site [sic]
On 13/05/2014, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Indeed, according to Wikipedia (which is a bloody site more accurate than
> people give credit) this is P. domesticus in breeding plumage. However, I
> have been surrounded by the little blighters for most of my life in the UK,
> Europe and Australia and I have NEVER seen one in such vivid colours,
> breeding or otherwise so there may be a racial variation here. Birds are
> prone to having quite distinctive races as well as subspecies and these
> usually involve colour and pattern variations.
> There is also a less urban and similar but unrelated Eurasian Sparrow in the
> UK which is often confused. It has a distinctive black chest.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.soultheft.com
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> Author/Publisher:
> The SLR Compendium:
> revised edition -
> http://blur.by/19Hb8or
> The TLR Compendium
> http://blur.by/1eDpqN7
>
>
>
> On 13/05/2014, at 1:04 AM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
>
>> Sorry, Brian, but I have to respectfully disagree with you. It fits the
>> male House Sparrow in breeding plumage, nicely. I'll take Sibley over
>> Wikipedia anytime. VBG Since you say it is not, perhaps you can identify
>> what it actually is?
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