Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola [Vieillot, 1817] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Sylviidae |
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BTO Codes:
AQ, AQUWA
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EURING No: 12420 | |
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Number in Britain:
42 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
13 cm
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Wingspan: 18 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 12 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: akros=pointed + kephale=head and L.: palus=a marsh + colere=to inhabit |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Locally in e Europe & c Asia, WINTERS: n & tropical Africa |
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Habitat:
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Open marsh |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, mostly scurries about in low,dense vegetation |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
1822
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Conservation Status:
RED
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Globally Threatened,
Recent Non-breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
RED
1996-2001
RED
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UK Biodiversity Action Plan
(Lead Partner: RSPB)
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
12 to 20 thousand pairs
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Distribution in Europe
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European Species Action Plan
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(I), Bern(III), Bonn(I,II)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
17 x 13 mm
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Egg Weight: 1.5 g (of which 6 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
4 - 6 eggs
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Incubation:
12- 15 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
13 - 14days
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Altricial, naked
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1-2
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Number Ringed:
21
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
A
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Wing Length
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Adult: | Insufficient Data | ||
| Juvenile: | 64.1 ± 1.5 | 62 - 66 mm, N =57 | ||
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |||
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |||
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Weight
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Adult: | Insufficient Data | ||
| Juvenile: | 11.53 ± 1.07 | 10.00 - 13.20 g , N =55 | ||
| Male: | Insufficient Data | |||
| Female: | Insufficient Data | |||
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Telor y Dwr |
| Danish: Vandsanger | Dutch: Waterrietzanger |
| Finnish: Sarakerttunen | French: Phragmite aquatique |
| German: Seggenrohrsänger | Hungarian: Csíkosfeju nádiposzáta |
| Icelandic: Fenjasöngvari | Irish: Ceolaire Uisce |
| Italian: Pagliarolo | Norwegian: Vannsanger |
| Polish: Wodniczka | Portuguese: Felosa-aquática |
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Spanish:
Carricerín cejudo
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Swedish: Vattensångare |
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