British Population Size:
Summer:
First Record:
Conservation Status: GREEN
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
GREEN
1996-2001
GREEN
Races of Concern: GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
Also common in:
And found in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
Migration routes: ringing recoveries
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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:
4.32 ± 0.71 (2 - 6) N = 579
Incubation:
11.30 ± 1.22 (9.5 - 13.5) N = 579
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
11.52 ± 1.19 (9 - 13) N = 869
as:
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Nest Record Scheme data
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
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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:
77.8 ± 2.0
Range
58.0 - 88.0 mm, (N = 6566)
Juvenile:
76.7 ± 2.1
Range
60.0 - 91.0 mm, (N = 32624)
Male:
78.0 ± 2.1
Range
58.0 - 84.5 mm, (N = 1017)
Female:
77.6 ± 1.9
Range
65.0 - 85.0 mm, (N = 1859)
Weight
Adult:
17.27 ± 1.62
Range
11.10 - 25.80 g , (N =5834)
Juvenile:
18.0 ± 2.1
Range
10.5 - 25.8 . , (N =30565)
Male:
16.68 ± 1.07
Range
11.50 - 25.70 g , (N =894)
Female:
17.53 ± 1.59
Range
11.10 - 24.50 g , (N =1612)
Seasonal:
Summer 17.09 ± 1.42 (N = 12998)
Autumn 18.69 ± 2.10 (N = 1903)
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish: Havesanger
Dutch:
Finnish:
French:
German:
Hungarian:
Icelandic:
Irish: Ceolaire Garraí
Italian:
Norwegian:
Polish:
Portuguese:
Spanish: Curruca mosquitera
Swedish:
Local Names:
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Garcia, E. 1989 The Blackcap and the Garden Warbler Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
[Jour: S]
See Also:
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Wikipedia entry
BirdLife species page
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Read State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
Order:
Passeriformes
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