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| Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides [Sundevall, 1837] | |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Sylviidae |
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BTO Codes:
, GSHWA
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EURING No: 12930 | |
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Number in Britain:
8 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
viridianus (S), plumbeitarsus (V), nitidus (V) recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
10 cm
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Wingspan: 18 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 8 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: phullion=a leaf + skopos=a watcher and Gr.: trokhilos=a bird mentioned by Aristotle + L.: -oides=resembling |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: ne Europe, n&c Asia, WINTERS: s Asia |
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Habitat:
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Open forest, birch scrub |
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Diet:
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Mostly small arthropods, picked off vegetation or in flight |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
Lincolnshire, 1958
(Dean, A.R. 1985. British Birds 78:437-451)
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
397
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August/September
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
(1983),
Angus & Dundee
(2004),
Borders
(2004),
Fife
(2004),
Lothian
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Northeast
(2004),
Orkney
(2004),
Perth & Kinross
(1983),
Shetland
(2004),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(2002),
Durham
(1999),
Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(2004),
North Yorkshire
(2003),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1995),
Cumbria
(2002),
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Leicestershire
(1996),
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Eastern England:
Essex
(2004),
Lincolnshire
(2002),
Norfolk
(2004),
Suffolk
(2003),
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South-east England:
Kent
(2003),
Greater London
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East Sussex
(1995),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Devon
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Dorset
(2003),
Isles of Scilly
(2003),
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Wales:
Gwynedd
(1997),
Pembrokeshire
(2003),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Telor Gwrydd |
| Danish: Lundsanger | Dutch: Grauwe fitis |
| Finnish: Idänuunilintu | French: Pouillot verdâtre |
| German: Grünlaubsänger | Hungarian: Zöld füzike |
| Icelandic: Brumsöngvari | Irish: Ceolaire Scothglas |
| Italian: Luí verdastro | Norwegian: Østsanger |
| Polish: Wójcik | Portuguese: Felosa-troquilóide |
| Spanish: Mosquitero troquiloide | Swedish: Lundsångare |
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