Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis [JH Blasius, 1858] |
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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:
AP, ARCWA
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EURING No: 12950 | |
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Number in Britain:
5 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
borealis recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
11 cm
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Wingspan: 19 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 10 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: phullion=a leaf + skopos=a watcher and L.: boreas=the north |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: Ne Europe, n Asia, w Alaska, WINTERS: se Asia |
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Habitat:
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Open forest, scrub |
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Diet:
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Mostly small arthropods, picked off vegetation or in flight |
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TitBit:
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The Arctic Warbler is one of the few species that breeds in North America but winters in Asia (not South America), birds that reach Britain will have bred in eastern Russia. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Sule Skerry, 1902
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
264
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Fife
(1996),
Highland
(1985),
Lothian
(1995),
Northeast
(1979),
Outer Hebrides
(2002),
Orkney
(2005),
Shetland
(2007),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
(1996),
Durham
(1991),
Northumberland
(2002),
East Yorkshire
(2004),
North Yorkshire
(1997),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
(1971),
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English Midlands:
Staffordshire
(1993),
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Eastern England:
Essex
(2004),
Lincolnshire
(1995),
Norfolk
(1999),
Suffolk
(2000),
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South-east England:
Kent
(1996),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2002),
Devon
(1993),
Dorset
(2005),
Isles of Scilly
(2006),
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Wales:
Caernarfonshire
(1968),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Telor yr Arctig |
| Danish: Nordsanger | Dutch: Noordse boszanger |
| Finnish: Lapinuunilintu | French: Pouillot boréal |
| German: Wanderlaubsänger | Hungarian: Északi füzike |
| Icelandic: Norðsöngvari | Irish: Ceolaire Artach |
| Italian: Luí boreale | Norwegian: Lappsanger |
| Polish: Swistunka pólnocna | Portuguese: Felosa-boreal |
| Spanish: Mosquitero boreal | Swedish: Nord |
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