Population and Distribution
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Population Trend:
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No population trend available
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Distribution:
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 Atlas Maps
(Local Atlases)
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British Population Size:
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Passage:
66 individuals
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First Record:
1852
[Fossil evidence from
Hoxnian (penultimate) interglacial, c. 200,000 yr ago]
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First Breeding Record:
Dorset 1967
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Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Small Breeding Population,
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
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Races of Concern:
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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No habitat data from BBS
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
8.3 to 20 million pairs
(Trend in Numbers)
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Population Assesment from Birds in Europe
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Distribution in Europe
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), Bern(II)
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Breeding and Survival
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Egg Size:
16 x 12 mm
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Egg Weight:
1.2 g (of which 6 % is shell)
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
3 - 4 eggs
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Incubation:
11- 13 days
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by the:
Female (occ. Male?)
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Fledging:
13 - 18days
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as:
Altricial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
2
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Number Ringed:
1
(Annual Totals)
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Adult Survival:
0.600
± 0.080
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Summary of Ringing Recoveries
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Biometrics
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Ring Size:
AA
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Wing Length
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Sexually dimorphic (male much larger than female)
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Male:
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Insufficient Data
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Female:
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69.8 ± 1.6
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67 - 72 mm, N =28
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Weight
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Sexually dimorphic (male much larger than female)
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Male:
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Insufficient Data
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Female:
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10.95 ± 0.96
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9.70 - 12.80 g , N =28
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Source:
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British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
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Other Names
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European Serin
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Gaelic:
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Welsh:
Llinos Frech
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Danish:
Gulirisk
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Dutch:
Europese kanarie
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Finnish:
Keltahemppo
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French:
Serin cini
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German:
Girlitz
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Hungarian:
Csicsörke
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Icelandic:
Gulfinka
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Irish:
Seirín
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Italian:
Verzellino
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Norwegian:
Gulirisk
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Polish:
Kulczyk zwyczajny
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Portuguese:
Chamariz-comum
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Spanish:
Verdecillo
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Swedish:
Gulhämpling
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For More Information...
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Books and Monographs:
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Newton, I. 1972 The finches Collins, London
[598.982 NEW]
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See Also:
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Find scientific papers on  Google Scholar
or  Scirus by clicking the icon
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides
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State of the Nations Birds by Chris Mead
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