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| Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans [Pallas, 1764] | |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Sylviidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 12650 | |
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Number in Britain:
11 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
cantillans (S), albistriata (V) recorded in Britain (of 4 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
12 cm
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Wingspan: 17 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 11 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: silva=a wood and L.: cantillare=to warble |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Mediterranean, WINTERS: south to n Africa & Arabia |
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Habitat:
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Open woodland, scrub, bushy pasture |
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Diet:
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Insects, also fruit, mostly in scrub |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
St Kilda, 1894
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
516
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
April to June
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Angus & Dundee
(1997),
Borders
(1998),
Fife
(2002),
Highland
(2000),
Lothian
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Northeast
(1998),
Outer Hebrides
(1999),
Orkney
(2002),
Shetland
(2004),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2002),
Durham
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Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(2003),
North Yorkshire
(1992),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Cumbria
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Lancashire
(2001),
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English Midlands:
No Records
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
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Essex
(2004),
Lincolnshire
(1996),
Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(2000),
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South-east England:
Hampshire
(2000),
Isle of Wight
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Kent
(2004),
Greater London
(1996),
Surrey
(2003),
East Sussex
(2000),
West Sussex
(2004),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(2001),
Dorset
(2004),
Gloucestershire
(2004),
Isles of Scilly
(2004),
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Wales:
Gwynedd
(2002),
Pembrokeshire
(2003),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Telor Brongoch |
| Danish: Hvidskægget sanger | Dutch: Baardgrasmus |
| Finnish: Rusorintakerttu | French: Fauvette passerinette |
| German: Bartgrasmücke | Hungarian: Vörhenyes poszáta |
| Icelandic: Kampasöngvari | Irish: Ceolaire Fo-Alpach |
| Italian: Sterpazzolina | Norwegian: Rødstrupesanger |
| Polish: Pokrzewka wasata | Portuguese: Toutinegra-carrasqueira |
| Spanish: Curruca rabilarga | Swedish: Rödstrupig sångare |
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| See Also: |
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Wikipedia entry
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