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Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola [Pallas, 1811]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sylviidae
BTO Codes:
, PAGWA
EURING No:
12330
Number in Britain:
1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
rubescens recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
14 cm
Wingspan:
18 cm
Weight:
-
Scientific name from:
L.: Locustella =little grasshopper
and L.: certhiola =little treecreeper (from certhia )
World Distribution:
BREEDS: e Asia, WINTERS: s Asia & Indonesia
Habitat:
Dense vegetation near water
Diet:
Insects and spiders
TitBit:
Amongst the birders, this bird is known a diagnostic row of white tips on the tail and tertial (inner wing) feathers, being known as a "PG Tips"
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Fair Isle, 1949
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
30
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
September/October
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Orkney
(1992),
Shetland
(2004),
North-east England:
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
South-east England:
No Records
South-west England:
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Rusty-rumped Warbler
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Pallas' græshoppesanger
Dutch:
Siberische Sprinkhaanzanger
Finnish:
Sarasirkkalintu
French:
Locustelle de Pallas
German:
Steifenschwirl
Hungarian:
Csíkos tücsökmadár
Icelandic:
Þytsöngvari
Irish:
Ceolaire Casarnaí Pallas
Italian:
Locustella di Pallas
Norwegian:
Starrsanger
Polish:
Swierszczak melodyjny
Portuguese:
Felosa de Pallas
Spanish:
Buscarla de Pallas
Swedish:
Starrsångare
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