Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) 13th/May/2017

Tory Island Co.Donegal
13th-May-2017
Found by Brian Carruthers, James Hayes, Paul Lynch & Tom Kavanagh in the Meenan Family Garden

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[order] Passeriformes | [family] Sylviidae | [latin] Phylloscopus fuscatus | [UK] Dusky Warbler | [FR] Pouillot brun | [DE] Dunkellaubsänger | [ES] Mosquitero sombrío | [IT] Luì scuro | [NL] Bruine Boszanger

Measurements
spanwidth min.: 17 cm
spanwidth max.: 18 cm
size min.: 10 cm
size max.: 11 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 11 days
incubation max.: 13 days
fledging min.: 0 days
fledging max.: 0 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 4
eggs max.: 6

Migration

Altitudinal and long-distance migrant. Northern populations winter from northern India and Nepal, east to southern China, Taiwan, Indochina, and Thailand. Autumn vagrancy to western Europe, resulting from reverse migration or westward displacement in anti-cyclonic conditions, is widespread in small numbers. In Britain and Ireland, 47 records 1958-85;
45 between late September and November (one 18 August);
A bird recorded Isle of Man
14-May-1970 (recovered in Limerick, south-west Ireland, 5 December 1970), had probably wintered in western Europe. Record influx 1987: e.g. 17 Britain and Ireland, 10 Denmark, 6 Netherlands.

Small, fairly slight but energetic Phylloscopus, with spiky bill, rather short, rounded wings, and rather slender legs. Plumage essentially brown above and buff and grey-white below, with rusty-white supercilium. Adult lacks any fully green or yellow tones. Sexes similar, no seasonal variation.

Habitat

Breeds in continental east Palearctic from boreal to warm temperate zone, from lowland plains and marshy river valleys in north to uplands and mountains further south, at altitudes of 500-3900 m. Mainly found in shrub layers of open forest, in regrowth after fires, in willow beds along river and stream banks, and in upland thickets of dwarf birch.

Other details

Breeds from upper Ob and western Altai in Siberia east to Anadyr region and Sakhalin island, south to eastern Himalayas and central and north-east China. Accidental recordings in Britain, Channel Islands, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden (possibly annual), Finland (annual), Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Greece, Russia (Leningrad region), Cyprus, Israel, Egypt, Morocco, Madeira.

Feeding

Mainly invertebrates, forages mostly by picking from ground.

Conservation

This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km². The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as 'frequent' in at least parts of its range (Baker 1997). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]

Breeding

The nest is built low in a bush, and 5-6 eggs are laid.

Taken in: Ireland / Donegal (show map)

Taken on: May 13, 2017

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Dusky

Warbler

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Passeriformes

Sylviidae

Pouillot-brun

Mosquitero-sombrío

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Tory-Island

Co.Donegal

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