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Booted warbler (Hippolais caligata)
Booted warbler fact file
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Booted warbler description
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Sylviidae |
| Genus | Hippolais (1) |
A relatively small bird compared to most other species of warbler, the booted warbler is rather dull in appearance. Both sexes are olive brown in colour with a whitish throat and abdomen, and a distinctive white line that runs along the head from the beak to just above the eye (4). The beak itself is short and pointed, making it ideal for gleaning insects (4). During the breeding season the booted warbler utters a sweet-sounding song (4), made up of a fast mix of chirrups and babbles (5).
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Booted warbler biology
The booted warbler is often found moving in a restless manner through the undergrowth, or perched on branches (4). It feeds primarily on insects (3), but like other members of this genus it will also sometimes eat seeds and berries.
The breeding season of this species extends from the end of May to the beginning of July (2). The booted warbler constructs a cup-shaped nest from grass, bark, hair and string, with a soft lining of grass, feathers and cotton (4), which is typically placed in a bush fairly close to the ground (8). The booted warbler lays a clutch of between four and six eggs (2).
TopBooted warbler range
The breeding range of the booted warbler stretches from west and south-west Russia, eastwards to central and northern Kazakhstan, north-western Mongolia, north-west China and south-central Siberia. It migrates to India for the winter (6).
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Booted warbler habitat
The booted warbler occupies relatively open areas of shrubland or grassland (7).
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Booted warbler status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1).
Booted warbler threats
The booted warbler has a very large range and is not known to be facing any major threats, and is therefore not currently considered to be at risk of extinction (1).
TopBooted warbler conservation
No specific conservation action has been targeted at the booted warbler.
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To learn about efforts to conserve birds around the world see:
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BirdLife International:
http://www.birdlife.org
Authentication
Authenticated (01/09/10) by Geoff Welch, Chairman of OSME Council.
http://www.osme.org
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Glossary
- Genus
- A category used in taxonomy, which is below ‘family’ and above ‘species’. A genus tends to contain species that have characteristics in common. The genus forms the first part of a ‘binomial’ Latin species name; the second part is the specific name.
References
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IUCN Red List (March, 2010)
http://www.iucnredlist.org - Welch, G. (2010) Pers. comm.
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Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: Profiles of Birds Occurring in Britain and Ireland. BTO Research Report 407, British Trust for Ornithology, Thetford. Available at:
http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob12560.htm - Whistler, H. (1949) Popular Handbook on Indian Birds. Gurney and Jackson, Edinburgh.
- Peterson, R.T., Mountfort, G. and Hollum, P.A.D. (1993) A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York.
- del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (2006) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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BirdLife International (November, 2009)
http://www.birdlife.org - Castell, P. and Kirwan, G.M. (2005) Will the real Sykes’s warbler please stand up? Breeding data support specific status for Hippolais rama and H. caligata, with comments on the Arabian population of ‘booted warbler’. Sandgrouse, 27(1): 30-36.
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