Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina   [Vieillot, 1817]

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   Page updated:16-January-2013

Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: IC, ICTWA EURING No: 12590
Number in Britain: 137 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not a species of concern
Global: (Details)
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor
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: Atlas Maps   
British Population Size:
    Passage: 137 individuals
    Summer: 0 to 5 pairs in 2005-09
    First Record: Kent, 1848
    First Breeding Record: Scotland 1992
    Latest Survey: Holling, M. & RBBP ((2011)) British Birds 104:476-537
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
    No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
    Summer: 1 to 2.1 million pairs   (Trend in Numbers)
Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
Distribution in Europe mapped by the EBCC Atlas
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: Bern(III), Bonn(II)
Survey Results:

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 - 14days as: Altricial, naked
First Clutches Laid: Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods: 1
Number Ringed: Annual Totals
Adult Survival: 0.500       
Juvenile Survival: 0.332 (in First-Year)  
Age at First Breeding: Typical Lifespan: No data
Maximum Recorded Age: Too few birds ringed
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Biometrics

Ring Size: A
Wing Length Adult: 78.5 ± 2.2     Range 69.0 - 83.0 mm, (N = 35)
Juvenile: 77.4 ± 1.9     Range 73.0 - 82.0 mm, (N = 117)
Male: Insufficient Data
Female: Insufficient Data
Weight Adult: 13.28 ± 1.62 Range 10.50 - 21.30 g , (N =29)
Juvenile: 13.8 ± 2.2 Range 9.5 - 21.7 . , (N =107)
Male: Insufficient Data
Female: Insufficient Data
Seasonal: Summer 13.19 ± 1.31 (N = 97)  
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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