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Western Bonelli’s Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli   [Vieillot, 1819]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae
BTO Codes: IW , BONWA EURING No: 13071
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: 2 Concern, most in Europe; Declining
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 18 cm Weight: M/F: 9 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: phullion=a leaf + skopos=a watcher and after Franco Bonelli (1784-1830), Italian naturalist and author
World Distribution: BREEDS: s&c Europe, WINTERS n & tropical Africa
Habitat: Open forest
Diet: Mostly insects, generally in tree crown on outermost branches
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Pembroke, 1948 (Conder, P.J. & Keighley, J. 1949. British Birds 42:215-216)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 69 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August/September
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Argyll (1976), Northeast (1980), Orkney (2004), Shetland (2003),
   North-east England: Cleveland , Northumberland (2002), East Yorkshire (2003), North Yorkshire (1993),
   North-west England: Cheshire (1963), Cumbria (1984),
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: Norfolk (2004), Suffolk (2000),
   South-east England: Kent (1991), East Sussex (1986),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2003), Devon (1986), Dorset (1984), Isles of Scilly (2004),
   Wales: Glamorgan (1963), Gwynedd (1984), Pembrokeshire (1948),
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Other Names
Includes P. orientalis
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Bjergløvsanger Dutch: Bergfluiter
Finnish: Vuoriuunilintu French: Pouillot de Bonelli
German: Berglaubsänger Hungarian: Bonelli füzike
Icelandic: Limsöngvari Irish: Ceolaire Bonelli
Italian: Luí bianco Norwegian: Bonellisanger
Polish: Swistunka górska Portuguese: Felosa de Bonelli
Spanish: Mosquitero papialbo Swedish: Bergsångare
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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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