Common Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

Tornsanger

Tornsanger

Short abstract from the book:
The whitethroat is a very common breeding bird in open areas in all parts of Denmark. It arrives at the breeding grounds in May and departs in August-September. Migrants pass through Denmark in May-June and August-October. The first whitethroat was ringed in Denmark in 1921, with the highest number ringed in 1992 (2,136). The majority of the recovered birds were ringed during migration in May-June and August-September, most ringed in western Denmark. The ringed birds are mainly breeding birds from southern Scandinavia and only to a small degree from the rest of Scandinavia and the Baltic Countries. From Denmark the whitethroat migrates SW via the Iberian Peninsula. The first birds depart in August, with the first bird recovered in Spain on 15 September. The fastest bird flew 1,077 km SSW from Denmark to France in eight days in August (134 km/day). Only one bird, ringed on Christiansø, migrated SE to Egypt. Only one bird has been recovered during winter (in Denmark). Two birds have been recovered in the presumed winter quarters in West Africa south of the Sahara, in Ghana (unknown date) and Mali (4 May). Only a few birds have been recovered during spring, mainly in the western parts of the Mediterranean (21 April to 19 May). Only a few Danish breeders have been recovered on migration, one in Italy (April) and one in Spain (May). The first bird on spring migration was recovered in Denmark on 30 April. The mean position is in Denmark in May. Both birds ringed as chicks and as adult breeders have returned to the ringing site in a subsequent breeding season. Most of the recovered birds were recorded by ringers (86 %). Of 82 dead birds, most had collided with vehicles or windows or had been hunted.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Common Whitethroat

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 43.821
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 3580
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%