Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina [Vieillot, 1817] |
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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:
IC, ICTWA
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EURING No: 12590 | |
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Number in Britain:
137 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Migrant Breeder, Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
14 cm
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Wingspan: 22 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 13 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: hupolais, a small ground-nesting bird and Mod. L. icterus=yellowish |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Europe, nc Asia, WINTERS: tropical & s Africa |
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Habitat:
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Forest edge, woodland, scrub |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects, also fruit late summer takes insects while perched or fluttering |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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| Passage: 137 individuals | ||||
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Summer:
0 to 5 pairs
in 2005-09
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First Record:
Kent, 1848
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First Breeding Record:
Scotland 1992
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Latest Survey:
Holling, M. & RBBP ((2011)) British Birds 104:476-537
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
1 to 2.1 million pairs
(Trend in Numbers)
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II)
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
18 x 14 mm
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Egg Weight: 1.7 g (of which 6 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
4 - 5 eggs
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Incubation:
13- 15 days
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by the: Male + Female |
Fledging:
13 - 14days
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Altricial, naked
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
0.500
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Juvenile Survival:
0.332 (in First-Year)
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
A
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Wing Length
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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 | |
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Weight
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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 | |
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Other Names |
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| 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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| Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead | |
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