British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: AMBER
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1969-2007),
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: AMBER (Important Population), occidentalis AMBER (Recent Decline), modularis GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Also common in:
And found in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
Migration routes: ringing recoveries
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European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WCA(III), Bern(III)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.06 ± 0.75 (2 - 6) N = 3487
Incubation:
14.10 ± 2.08 (10.5 - 18.5) N = 3485
by the:
Female
Fledging:
13.18 ± 1.70 (10 - 16) N = 3509
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
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Number Ringed: Annual Totals
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
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Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
69.9 ± 2.1
Range
60.0 - 79.0 mm, (N = 24215)
Juvenile:
69.4 ± 2.0
Range
60.0 - 79.0 mm, (N = 109671)
Male:
70.6 ± 1.9
Range
61.0 - 79.0 mm, (N = 6571)
Female:
68.8 ± 1.9
Range
60.0 - 79.0 mm, (N = 3114)
Weight
Adult:
21.19 ± 3.08
Range
13.80 - 27.40 g , (N =19587)
Juvenile:
20.0 ± 1.6
Range
13.7 - 27.4 . , (N =97166)
Male:
20.85 ± 3.22
Range
14.40 - 27.30 g , (N =5345)
Female:
20.90 ± 1.96
Range
14.10 - 27.20 g , (N =2513)
Seasonal:
Summer 20.65 ± 1.50 (N = 17095)
Autumn 20.96 ± 1.65 (N = 5962)
Winter 21.85 ± 1.60 (N = 21934)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Hedge Accentor/Sparrow
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish: Jernspurv
Dutch:
Finnish:
French:
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish: Donnóg
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Spanish: Acentor común
Swedish:
Local Names:
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Davies, N.B. 1992 Dunnock behaviour and social evolution Oxford University Press, Oxford
[598.874 DAV]
Davies, N.B. 1987 Studies of West Palearctic birds: Dunnock British Birds 80:604-624
See Also:
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Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
Order:
Passeriformes
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