Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea [A Wilson, 1810] |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Parulidae |
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BTO Codes:
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EURING No: 17540 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
. cm
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Wingspan: - |
Weight:
M/F: 13 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: dendron=tree + oikos=living and L.: castaneus=chestnut-coloured (from Gr.: kastanon=the chestnut) |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: Panama & nw South America |
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Habitat:
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Boreal coniferous forest |
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Diet:
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Mostly insects and spiders, some fruit |
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TitBit:
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Numbers of Bay-breasted Warblers on their North American breeding grounds fluctuate markedly in response to the abundance of their prey, the spruce budworm. |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Cornwall, 1995
(Ferguson, D. 1997. British Birds 90:444-449)
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
1
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Dendroica castanea
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Brunhalset sanger | Dutch: Kastanjezanger |
| Finnish: Rusorintakerttuli | French: Paruline ā poitrine baie |
| German: Braunbrustwaldsänger | Hungarian: |
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| Italian: Dendroica pettocastano | Norwegian: |
| Polish: Lasķwka kasztanowata | Portuguese: |
| Spanish: Reinita castaņa | Swedish: Brunbröstad skogssångare |
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Wikipedia entry
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BirdLife species page
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All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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