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Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina [Vieillot, 1817]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sylviidae
BTO Codes:
IC , ICTWA
EURING No:
12590
Number in Britain:
137 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
GREEN
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor, Has Bred
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
Wingspan:
22 cm
Weight:
M/F: 13 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: hupolais , a small ground-nesting bird
and Mod. L. icterus =yellowish
World Distribution:
BREEDS: Europe, nc Asia, WINTERS: tropical & s Africa
Habitat:
Forest edge, woodland, scrub
Diet:
Mostly insects, also fruit late summer takes insects while perched or fluttering
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
137 individuals
Summer:
0 to 1 pairs
in 1998-02
First Record:
1848
First Breeding Record:
Scotland 1992
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
1 to 2.1 million pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
18 x 14 mm
Egg Weight:
1.7 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
Incubation:
13 - 15 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
13 - 14 days
as:
Altricial, naked
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
23
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
0yr0m
(Germany: 10yr 1m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
A
Wing Length
Adult:
78.0 ± 2.2
Range
73 - 80 mm, N =35
Juvenile:
77.3 ± 2.0
73 - 80 mm, N =57
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
13.21 ± 1.62
Range
10.70 - 16.60 g , N =29
Juvenile:
13.72 ± 2.19
11.20 - 19.30 g , N =52
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Telor Aur
Danish:
Gulbug
Dutch:
Spotvogel
Finnish:
Kultarinta
French:
Hyppolaïs ictérine
German:
Gelbspötter
Hungarian:
Kerti geze
Icelandic:
Spésöngvari
Irish:
Ceolaire Ictireach
Italian:
Canapino maggiore
Norwegian:
Gulsanger
Polish:
Zaganiacz zwyczajny
Portuguese:
Felosa-icterina
Spanish:
Zarcero icterino
Swedish:
Härmsångare
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