Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina   [Boddaert, 1783]

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   Page updated:16-January-2013

Order: Passeriformes Family: Parulidae
BTO Codes: , HOOWA EURING No: 17710
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: 13 cm Wingspan: 21 cm Weight: M/F: 11 g    
Scientific name from: after Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) Scottish/US ornithologist and L. citreus=of the citrus tree (i.e. yellow)
World Distribution: BREEDS: e North America, WINTERS: Central America
Habitat: Deciduous forest
Diet: Insects, spiders and other small arthropods

Records and Distribution

First Record: Isles of Scilly, 1970 (Edwards, K.D. & Osborne, K,C. 1972. British Birds 65:203-205)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 2
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Outer Hebrides (1992),
   North-east England:
   North-west England:
   English Midlands:
   Eastern England:
   South-east England:
   South-west England: Isles of Scilly (1970),
   Wales:

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Other Names

Previously Setophaga citrina 
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Hćttesanger Dutch: Kapzanger
Finnish: Huppukerttuli French: Paruline ŕ capuchon
German: Kapuzenwaldsänger Hungarian: Kámzás cserjebújó
Icelandic: Hettuskríkja Irish:
Italian: Parula del cappuccio Norwegian: Hettesanger
Polish: Wilsonka zóltolica Portuguese: Amarelito-encapuzado
Spanish: Reinita encapuchada Swedish: Svarthakaad citronsĺngare

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