Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus [Ticehurst, 1937] |
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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:
, IBECH
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EURING No: 13115 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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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 after Iberia |
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World Distribution:
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Iberia, nw Africa |
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Habitat:
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Open forest, scrub |
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Diet:
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Insects, some fruit in autumn/winter, occ. Nectar |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
London, 1972
(Batten, L.A. 2000. British Birds 93:329-332)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
11
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Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Lothian
(2006),
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North-east England:
Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(2004),
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North-west England:
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English Midlands:
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Eastern England:
Norfolk
(2007),
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South-east England:
Kent
(2001),
Greater London
(1972),
Oxfordshire
(2001),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
(2004),
Devon
(2007),
Dorset
(1999),
Isles of Scilly
(1992),
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Wales:
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Split from Phyloscopus collybita
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Iberisk Gransanger | Dutch: Iberische Tjiftjaf |
| Finnish: | French: Pouillot ibérique |
| German: Iberienzilpzalp | Hungarian: |
| Icelandic: | Irish: |
| Italian: Luí iberico | Norwegian: |
| Polish: Swistunka iberyjska | Portuguese: Felosa-ibérica |
| Spanish: Mosquitero Ibérico | Swedish: Iberisk gransångare |
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