Cultural References
The presence and sounds of this bird have since long inspired Italian writers. "La Capinera" (Italian for Blackcap) is the title of one of the most famous poems by Giovanni Pascoli. Storia di una capinera is a 1993 movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli and distributed with the international title "Sparrow". The Blackcap is considered a delicacy in some Mediterranean countries where many are illegally trapped and killed every year. The Blackcap's call symbolises St Francis in Messiaen's opera, Saint-François d'Assise.
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