Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina [A Wilson, 1811] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Parulidae |
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BTO Codes:
, TENWA
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EURING No: 17240 | |
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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:
12 cm
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Wingspan: 20 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 10 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: vermis=worm + vorare=to devour and Gr.: peregrinus=a wanderer |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: Mexico to nw South America |
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Habitat:
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Woodland |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates, esp caterpillars, also some fruit |
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TitBit:
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A nectar "thief" on its wintering grounds in tropical forests, instead of probing a flower from the front to get nectar and getting pollen on its face, it pierces the flower tube at its base. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Fair Isle, 1975
(Broad, R.A. 1981. British Birds 74:90-94)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
4
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Most Likely to Occur in:
September
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Outer Hebrides
(1995),
Orkney
(1982),
Shetland
(1975),
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Vermivora peregrina
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Tennesseesanger | Dutch: Tennessee-zanger |
| Finnish: Tennesseenkerttuli | French: Paruline obscure |
| German: Brauenwaldsänger | Hungarian: Vándor hernyóevo |
| Icelandic: Ormskríkja | Irish: |
| Italian: Vermivora del Tennessee | Norwegian: Tennesseesanger |
| Polish: Lasówka oliwkowa | Portuguese: Pica-folhas |
| Spanish: Reinita peregrina | Swedish: Tennesseesångare |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| All About Birds (from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology) | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
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