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Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata   [JR Forster, 1772]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae
BTO Codes: , BLAWA EURING No: 17530
Number in Britain: 1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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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
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Isles of Scilly, 1968 (Grant, P.J. 1970. British Birds 63:153-157)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 33 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Outer Hebrides (2003), Shetland (1991),
   North-east England: East Yorkshire (1993),
   North-west England: Lancashire (2000),
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: No Records
   South-east England: East Sussex (1994),
   South-west England: Cornwall (1995), Devon , Isles of Scilly (1997),
   Wales: Gwynedd (1976),
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Other Names
Gaelic: Welsh: Telor Tinwen
Danish: Sortnakket 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
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
Wikipedia entry
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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