Gray tag [1] ( lat. Sylvia communis ) is a bird of the family Slavkov ( Sylviidae ).
| Gray warbler |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infrastructure : | Passerida |
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| International scientific name |
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Sylvia communis ( Latham , 1787 ) |
| Security status |
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Least ConcernedIUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22716910 |
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Gray
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Nederlandsche Vogelen (en: Dutch Birds), Vol. 2 (1789)
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A small moving bird is smaller than a sparrow . The dorsal side is grayish-brown with an ashy-gray coloration of the head, sides of the neck, and the mantle; red shoulders; white throat; the rest of the ventral side is pinkish white.
They live in Europe , Asia Minor , Western Siberia , North-West Africa , as well as in Israel .
It is inhabited by shrubbery at the edge of the forest , on clearings, in sparse shrubs along gullies and ravines , between the fields, as well as in wormwood thickets.
It makes rather loud sounds of “vi-chi-speech-ciru”, and then the nasal and hoarse “wed-wed-wed”. While singing it often takes off into the air, the song is chirping. Migratory bird ; Departure to the south begins in September and lasts until November. Winters in tropical Africa, Arabia and India .
Nests fly in the forks of branches of some shrubs or in tall grass (usually in thickets of nettles ) low above the ground (usually at an altitude of 20-50 cm); less often, the nest settles on heaps of brushwood or directly on the ground. It differs from the nests of other warblers in that the cup of the nest is made deeper, and there are more field cereals in the material of the nest. At the end of May, the female lays on her eggs, and the male feeds her. Incubation lasts 11 days. The clutch usually has 5 white or greenish eggs with dark specks. Both parents feed the chicks for 11-12 days and feed them after departure for a week.
They live in favorable conditions for 5-6 years.
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