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Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata   [MHK Lichtenstein, 1823 ]
Status in UK: ( A ) Scarce Visitor
Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: , BOOWA EURING No: 12561
Number in Britain: 2 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 20 cm Weight: M/F: 10 g
World Distribution: BREEDS: c Asia, WINTERS: India & Sri Lanka
Habitat: Scrub, gardens, often near water
Diet: Insects, moves restlessly through foliage
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Fair Isle, 1936
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 92 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August to October
Most Recent County Records:
  Scotland: Argyll (1998 ), Fife , Northeast , Orkney , Shetland (2004 ),
  North-east England: Cleveland (1999 ), Durham , Northumberland (1996 ), East Yorkshire (2000 ), North Yorkshire (1993 ),
  North-west England: Cumbria ,
  English Midlands: No Records
  Eastern England: Lincolnshire , Norfolk (2003 ),
  South-east England: Kent (2000 ), East Sussex (1996 ), West Sussex (1996 ),
  South-west England: Devon , Dorset (2002 ), Isles of Scilly (2003 ),
  Wales: Gwynedd (1999 ), Pembrokeshire (2000 ),
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Other Languages
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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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.1, Jan 2006). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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