Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope [Pallas, 1776] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Turdidae |
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BTO Codes:
, SIBRU
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EURING No: 11050 | |
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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:
recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 24 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 79 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: luscinia=nightingale and after the Muse, Kalliope, goddess of poetry |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS c&e Asia, WINTERS: s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Open woodland |
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Diet:
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Mainly insects and spiders, also small molluscs |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Fair Isle, 1975
(Lowe, A.R. 1979. British Birds 72:89-94)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
5
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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:
Shetland
(2007),
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North-east England:
Durham
(2006),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
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South-east England:
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South-west England:
Dorset
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Luscinia calliope
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Rubinnattergal | Dutch: Roodkeelnachtegaal |
| Finnish: Rubiinisatakieli | French: Calliope sibérienne |
| German: Rubinkehlchen | Hungarian: Rubinbegy |
| Icelandic: Fagurgali | Irish: |
| Italian: Calliope | Norwegian: Rubinstrupe |
| Polish: Slowik rubinowy | Portuguese: Rouxinol-de-garganta-vermelha |
| Spanish: Ruiseñor calíope | Swedish: Rubinnäktergal |
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