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Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides   [Sundevall, 1837]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: , GSHWA EURING No: 12930
Number in Britain: 8 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: viridianus (S), plumbeitarsus (V), nitidus (V) recorded in Britain (of 2 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 18 cm Weight: M/F: 8 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: phullion=a leaf + skopos=a watcher and Gr.: trokhilos=a bird mentioned by Aristotle + L.: -oides=resembling
World Distribution: BREEDS: ne Europe, n&c Asia, WINTERS: s Asia
Habitat: Open forest, birch scrub
Diet: Mostly small arthropods, picked off vegetation or in flight
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Lincolnshire, 1958 (Dean, A.R. 1985. British Birds 78:437-451)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 397 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August/September
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (1983), Angus & Dundee (2004), Borders (2004), Fife (2004), Lothian , Northeast (2004), Orkney (2004), Perth & Kinross (1983), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2002), Durham (1999), Northumberland (2004), East Yorkshire (2004), North Yorkshire (2003),
   North-west England: Cheshire (1995), Cumbria (2002), Lancashire ,
   English Midlands: Leicestershire (1996),
   Eastern England: Essex (2004), Lincolnshire (2002), Norfolk (2004), Suffolk (2003),
   South-east England: Kent (2003), Greater London , East Sussex (1995),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2000), Devon , Dorset (2003), Isles of Scilly (2003),
   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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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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