British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: AMBER
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1969-2007),
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: AMBER (Recent Decline)
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Common in:
Also found in: Coastal Habitat, Villages
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
Migration routes: ringing recoveries
Average Day of First Arrival:
European Population Size:
Summer: 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)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
Egg Weight:
Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
4.64 ± 0.70 (2 - 7) N = 1021
Incubation:
12.10 ± 1.57 (9 - 15.5) N = 1020
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
12.73 ± 1.50 (10 - 15) N = 2169
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
See trends in Breeding Productivity
Number Ringed: Annual Totals
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
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Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
70.6 ± 1.9
Range
62.0 - 80.0 mm, (N = 11983)
Juvenile:
70.8 ± 1.8
Range
61.5 - 80.0 mm, (N = 87579)
Male:
71.2 ± 1.9
Range
63.0 - 80.0 mm, (N = 4594)
Female:
70.0 ± 1.8
Range
62.0 - 79.0 mm, (N = 3933)
Weight
Adult:
13.77 ± 1.34
Range
9.00 - 19.20 g , (N =10699)
Juvenile:
14.0 ± 1.3
Range
8.7 - 19.2 . , (N =81045)
Male:
13.37 ± 1.07
Range
9.00 - 19.20 g , (N =3998)
Female:
14.15 ± 1.43
Range
9.10 - 19.20 g , (N =3428)
Seasonal:
Summer 13.67 ± 1.22 (N = 27222)
Autumn 14.72 ± 1.55 (N = 3878)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Common Whitethroat
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish: Tornsanger
Dutch:
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French:
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish: Gilphíb
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Spanish: Curruca zarcerilla
Swedish:
Local Names:
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Order:
Passeriformes
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