Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata   [JR Forster, 1772]

Jump To:Other Names Records Books & Links

For details point at or click the button; for sources point at the button

   Page updated:16-January-2013

Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae
BTO Codes: , BLAWA EURING No: 17530
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: (Details)
Links to: Images   Videos   Sound  
Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
.
Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 22 cm Weight: M/F: 13 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: dendron=tree + oikos=living and L.: stria=a line
World Distribution: BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: South America
Habitat: Boreal coniferous forest
Diet: Mostly insects, also other arthropods

Records and Distribution

First Record: Isles of Scilly, 1968 (Grant, P.J. 1970. British Birds 63:153-157)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 36
Most Likely to Occur in: October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Highland (2005), Outer Hebrides (2005), Shetland (1991),
   North-east England: East Yorkshire (1993),
   North-west England: Lancashire (2000),
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England:
   South-east England: East Sussex (1994),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1995), Devon (1984), Isles of Scilly (2007),
   Wales: Caernarfonshire (1976),

Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC

Other Names

Previously Setophaga striata 
Gaelic: Welsh: Telor Tinwen
Danish: Stribet sanger Dutch: Zwartkopzanger
Finnish: Viirukerttuli French: Paruline rayée
German: Streifenwaldsänger Hungarian: Feketefeju lombjáró
Icelandic: Rakaskríkja Irish: Ceolaire Dubhéadanach
Italian: Dendroica delle palme Norwegian: Svarthodeskogsanger
Polish: Lasówka czarnoglowa Portuguese: Toutinegra-raiada
Spanish: Reinita listada Swedish: Brunhättad skogssångare

For More Information...

Books and Monographs:
No books written recently
See Also:
Find scientific papers on Google Scholar or Scirus by clicking the icon
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