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Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus [Ticehurst, 1937]
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Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sylviidae
BTO Codes:
, IBECH
EURING No:
13115
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
10 cm
Wingspan:
18 cm
Weight:
M/F: 8 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: phullion =a leaf + skopos =a watcher
and after Iberia
World Distribution:
Iberia, nw Africa
Habitat:
Open forest, scrub
Diet:
Insects, some fruit in autumn/winter, occ. Nectar
Records and Distribution
First Record:
London, 1972
(Batten, L.A. 2000. British Birds 93:329-332)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
10
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
No Records
North-east England:
Northumberland
(2004),
East Yorkshire
(2004),
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
No Records
South-east England:
Kent
(2000),
Greater London
(1972),
Oxfordshire
(2000),
South-west England:
Cornwall
(2000),
Devon
(2003),
Dorset
(1999),
Isles of Scilly
(1992),
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Split from P. collybita
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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BirdFacts home | BTO Home Email: birdfacts@bto.org 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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