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Pallas’s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus   [Pallas, 1811]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: PA , PALWA EURING No: 12980
Number in Britain: 78 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Passage Visitor
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 14 cm Weight: M/F: 7 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: phullion=a leaf + skopos=a watcher and L.: pro-=close to Regulus
World Distribution: BREEDS: e Asia, WINTERS se Asia
Habitat: Coniferous forest, taiga
Diet: Mostly insects, highly active, usually in tree canopy, but also in herbs or on ground
TitBit: A magical sight for anyone who finds one (they are commonest on the east coast in October/November), these tiny birds (much smaller than a Goldcrest) will have travelled more than 3,000 miles from their breeding grounds in the Far East by the time they arr ive here  
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Norfolk, 1896
Summary of Annual Totals
Distribution by County
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Other Names
Lemon-rumped Warbler
Gaelic: Welsh: Telor Pallas
Danish: Fuglekongesanger Dutch: Pallas' boszanger
Finnish: Hippiäisuunilintu French: Pouillot de Pallas
German: Goldhähnchen-Laubsänger Hungarian: Királyfüzike
Icelandic: Kollsöngvari Irish: Ceolaire Pallas
Italian: Luí di Pallas Norwegian: Fuglekongesanger
Polish: Swistunka zlotawa Portuguese: Estrelinha de Pallas
Spanish: Mosquitero de Pallas Swedish: Kungsfågelsångare
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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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