Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides [Sundevall, 1837] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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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:
9 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) 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, 1896
(Dean, A.R. 1985. British Birds 78:437-451)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
441
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Has Included Phylloscopus nitidus
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| 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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