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Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti [Temminck, 1820]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sylviidae
BTO Codes:
CW, CETWA
EURING No:
12200
Number in Britain:
645 males (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Resident Breeder, Passage Visitor
Subspecies:
cetti recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
Wingspan:
17 cm
Weight:
M: 15 g F: 12 g
Scientific name from:
after Fr Francesco Cetti (1726-78), Italian mathematician and naturalist
World Distribution:
s&c Europe to c Asia & Middle East
Habitat:
Reedbed, swamp, dense vegetation near water
Diet:
Mostly insects from or near the ground
TitBit:
Cetti's Warbler is unique amongst British birds in having only ten tail feathers, and in laying bright red eggs
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Regional Trends:
No regional trends available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Summer:
645 males
in 1998-02
First Record:
Hampshire, 1961
First Breeding Record:
Kent 1972
Latest Survey:
Wotton, S.R. et al. (1998) British Birds 91:77-92
Conservation Status:
GREEN
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern:
cetti GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
600 thousand to 1.6 million pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), Bern(III), Bonn(II)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
18 x 14 mm
Egg Weight:
1.8 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
1
Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
Incubation:
16- 17 days
by the:
Female
Fledging:
14 - 16days
as:
Altricial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
2
Trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed:
263
Adult Survival:
0.499
± 0.039
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
1
year
Typical Lifespan:
2
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
7yr 3m
(Spain: 7yr 7m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
A
Wing Length
Sexually dimorphic (male much larger than female)
Male:
63.2 ± 1.9
61 - 66 mm, N =193
Female:
56.5 ± 1.9
54 - 60 mm, N =219
Weight
Sexually dimorphic (male much larger than female)
Male:
15.60 ± 1.03
14.40 - 17.10 g , N =185
Female:
12.41 ± 1.20 .
10.90 - 14.90 g , N =203
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Telor Cetti
Danish:
Cettisanger
Dutch:
Cetti's zanger
Finnish:
Silkkikerttunen
French:
Bouscarle de Cetti
German:
Seidensänger
Hungarian:
Berki poszáta
Icelandic:
Blćsöngvari
Irish:
Ceolaire Cetti
Italian:
Usignolo di fiume
Norwegian:
Cettisanger
Polish:
Wierzbówka zwyczajna
Portuguese:
Rouxinol-bravo
Spanish:
Ruiseńor bastardo
Swedish:
Cettisĺngare
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