Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
No regional trends available
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Latest Survey:
Conservation Status: AMBER
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: AMBER (Recent Decline)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer: Trend in Numbers )
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: Bern(III),Bonn(II)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.63 ± 0.73 (2 - 6) N = 111
Incubation:
13.75 ± 0.83 (12 - 15.5) N = 111
by the:
Female
Fledging:
11.98 ± 1.12 (10 - 14) N = 216
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
83.3 ± 2.3
Range
80 - 87 mm, N =653
Juvenile:
82.7 ± 2.3
79 - 86 mm, N =126
Male:
84.3 ± 2.1
81 - 88 mm, N =298
Female:
82.1 ± 2.1
78 - 85 mm, N =155
Weight
Adult:
21.12 ± 1.92
Range
18.40 - 24.40 g , N =528
Juvenile:
22.64 ± 2.54
19.20 - 27.00 g , N =114
Male:
21.26 ± 1.58
19.00 - 23.90 g , N =245
Female:
21.06 ± 2.38
18.00 - 26.00 g , N =108
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Common Nightingale
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Pike, O.G. 1932 The Nightingale, its story and song etc Arrowsmith, London
[591.76 PIK]
Mabey, R. 2010 The barley bird: notes on the Suffolk nightingale Full Circle Editions,
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Order:
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