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Marmora’s Warbler Sylvia sarda   [Temminck, 1820]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: , MAMWA EURING No: 12310
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: sarda recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 16 cm Weight: M/F: 10 g    
Scientific name from: L.: silva=a wood and L.: sarda=a sardinian woman
World Distribution: BREEDS: sw Europe, WINTERS: nw Africa
Habitat: Open scrub
Diet: Small arthropods mostly on or near ground
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Records and Distribution
First Record: South Yorkshire, 1982 (Lunn, J. 1985.British Birds 78:475-481)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 5 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Borders (1993),
   North-east England: East Yorkshire (1992), South Yorkshire (1982),
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: Norfolk (2001), Suffolk (2001),
   South-east England: No Records
   South-west England: No Records
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Telor Marmora
Danish: Sardinsk sanger Dutch: Sardijnse Grasmus
Finnish: Sardiniankerttu French: Fauvette sarde
German: Sardengrasmücke Hungarian: Szardíniai poszáta
Icelandic: Eysöngvari Irish:
Italian: Magnanina sarda Norwegian: Sardiniasanger
Polish: Pokrzewka czarniawa Portuguese: Toutinegra-sarda
Spanish: Curruca sarda Swedish: Sardinsk sĺngare
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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