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Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon   [Pallas, 1776]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: , THBWA EURING No: 12540
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: undetermined recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 18 cm Wingspan: 22 cm Weight: -    
Scientific name from: Gr.: phragmites=a kind of reed + colere=to dwell and Gr.: aedon=nightingale
World Distribution: BREEDS: e Asia, WINTERS: s Asia
Habitat: Reedbed, scrub
Diet: Mostly insects taken from leaves or stems of plants
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Fair Isle, 1955 (Williamson, K. et al. 1956. British Birds 49:89-93)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 1 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Shetland (2003),
   North-east England: No Records
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: No Records
   South-east England: No Records
   South-west England: No Records
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Tyknæbbet rørsanger Dutch: Diksnavelrietzanger
Finnish: Paksunokkakerttunen French: Rousserolle ā gros bec
German: Dickschnabel-Rohrsänger Hungarian: Vastagcsoru nádirigķ
Icelandic: Döggsöngvari Irish:
Italian: Cannareccione beccoforte Norwegian: Tykknebbsanger
Polish: Trzciniak grubodzioby Portuguese: Felosa-de-bico-grosso
Spanish: Carricero picogordo Swedish: Tjocknäbbad sångare
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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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