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Vol. 89 No. 2 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2019.442
[On the presence of Willow Tit Poecile montanus in the Central Apennines]
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Received: 10 November 2019
Accepted: 28 March 2026
Published: 8 April 2020
Accepted: 28 March 2026
Published: 8 April 2020
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[Since the mid Fifties data have been published stating the presence of a Willow Tit population on the Central Apennines. The Authors, after controlling all available information and comparing them with the morphological and eco-ethological features of the species, hypothesize that all Willow Tit recorded observations relate instead to Marsh Tit, concluding that no Willow Tit populations were ever recorded in the area].
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[On the presence of Willow Tit Poecile montanus in the Central Apennines]. (2020). Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 89(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2019.442
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