Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia   [A Wilson, 1811]

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   Page updated:16-January-2013

Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae
BTO Codes: , MAGWA EURING No: 17500
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: (Details)
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 12 cm Wingspan: 18 cm Weight: M/F: 9 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: dendron=tree + oikos=living and after the plant genus Magnolia
World Distribution: BREEDS: North America, WINTERS: Central America
Habitat: Coniferous & mixed woodland
Diet: Arthropods, esp caterpillars

Records and Distribution

First Record: Isles of Scilly, 1981 (Enright, S.D. 1995. British Birds 88:107-108)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 1
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
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   South-west England: Isles of Scilly (1981),
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Other Names

Previously Dendroica magnolia 
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Magnoliesanger Dutch: Magnolia-zanger
Finnish: Magnoliakerttuli French: Paruline à tête cendrée
German: Magnolienwaldsänger Hungarian: Magnólia lombjáró
Icelandic: Daggarskríkja Irish:
Italian: Dendroica delle magnolie Norwegian: Magnoliaskogsanger
Polish: Lasówka magnoliowa Portuguese: Toutinegra-magnolia
Spanish: Reinita cejiblanca Swedish: Magnoliaskogssångare

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