This southern European species has two distinct subspecies. The eastern race, melanoleuca, has more extensive black markings on the head and throat and is more 'black-and-white' than hispanica, lacking much of the orange tones exhibited by that race.
Both races have black-throated and pale-throated forms in the males.
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