Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca   [Statius Müller, 1776]

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Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae
BTO Codes: , EURING No: 17470
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 20 cm Weight: M/F: 11 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: dendron=tree + oikos=living and L.: fuscus=dusky
World Distribution: BREEDS: n&e North America, WINTERS: s Central America to n&w South America
Habitat: Coniferous forest & woodland
Diet: Insects, esp caterpillars and beetle larvae, spiders

Records and Distribution

First Record: Skomer, 1961 (Saunders, D. & Saunders, S. 1992. British Birds 85:337-343)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 2 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Shetland (1988),
   North-east England:
   North-west England:
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England:
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   South-west England:
   Wales: Pembrokeshire (1961),

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Other Names

Previously Dendroica fusca 
Gaelic: Welsh: Telor Blackburn
Danish: Dutch: Sparrezanger
Finnish: French: Paruline ā gorge orangée
German: Fichtenwaldsänger Hungarian:
Icelandic: Irish:
Italian: Dendrioica di Blackburn Norwegian:
Polish: Lasķwka rudogardla Portuguese:
Spanish: Silvia de Blackburn Swedish: Orangestrupig skogssångare

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