Booted Warbler Iduna caligata [MHK Lichtenstein, 1823] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Sylviidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 12560 | |
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Number in Britain:
2 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
12 cm
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Wingspan: 20 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 10 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: hupolais, a small ground-nesting bird and L.: caliga=a boot |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: c Asia, WINTERS: India & Sri Lanka |
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Habitat:
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Scrub, gardens, often near water |
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Diet:
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Insects, moves restlessly through foliage |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Fair Isle, 1936
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
97
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(2006),
Fife
(1992),
Northeast
(1994),
Outer Hebrides
(2007),
Orkney
(1993),
Shetland
(2006),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2004),
Durham
(2003),
Northumberland
(2005),
East Yorkshire
(2000),
North Yorkshire
(2005),
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North-west England:
Cumbria
(1992),
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Essex
(2006),
Lincolnshire
(1980),
Norfolk
(2007),
Suffolk
(1996),
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South-east England:
Kent
(2000),
East Sussex
(1996),
West Sussex
(1996),
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South-west England:
Devon
(1994),
Dorset
(2002),
Isles of Scilly
(2006),
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Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(2005),
Pembrokeshire
(2000),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Has Included Hippolais rama, Previously Hippolais caligata
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Lille gulbug | Dutch: Kleine spotvogel |
| Finnish: Pikkukultarinta | French: Hyppolaïs botté |
| German: Buschspötter | Hungarian: Kis geze |
| Icelandic: Glapsöngvari | Irish: |
| Italian: Canapino asiatico | Norwegian: Dvergspottesanger |
| Polish: Zaganiacz maly | Portuguese: Felosa-cítica |
| Spanish: Zarcero escita | Swedish: Stäppsångare |
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