Rufous Bush Chat Cercotrichas galactotes [Temminck, 1820] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 10950 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
galactotes recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
15 cm
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Wingspan: 24 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 24 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kerkos=tail + trikhas=thrush and Gr.: gala=milk + -otes=resembling |
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World Distribution:
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s Europe, Near East, Arabia, n&c Africa |
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Habitat:
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Scrub, towns |
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Diet:
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Mostly large insects and earthworms, occ. fruit |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
East Sussex, 1854
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
4
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
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North-east England:
East Yorkshire
(1972),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Lincolnshire
(1963),
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South-east England:
Kent
(1951),
East Sussex
(1951),
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South-west England:
Devon
(1980),
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Wales:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | |
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| Danish: Trænattergal | Dutch: Rosse waaierstaart |
| Finnish: Ruostepyrstö | French: Agrobate roux |
| German: Heckensänger | Hungarian: Tüskebujkáló |
| Icelandic: Glaumgali | Irish: Torspideog Ruadhonn |
| Italian: Usignolo d'Africa | Norwegian: Hekksanger |
| Polish: Drozdówka rdzawa | Portuguese: Rouxinol-do-mato |
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Spanish:
Alzacola común
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Swedish: Trädnäktergal |
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