Prunella modularis, Dunnock

Passeriformes – Prunellidae

N.B.: Ageing Dunnocks requires great experience. Focusing only on the colour of iris can be misleading. Shape of tail feathers is not 100 % reliable and detecting moult limit in greater coverts requires great ammount of experience. Shape and structure of primary coverts is supportive. Therefore, have this in mind when using my photos of Dunnocks as reference, I might be wrong.

CZEP16-010

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-011

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-013

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-025

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-026

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-027

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-040

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP16-041

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP17-029

Sex: U, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: January, 2017 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

An overwintering Dunnock in Vysočina region is quite unusual per se. But this overwintering Dunnock was also unusual, because of it was already ringed when trapped. It was ringed in Finland in September, 2016.

CZEP17-148

Sex: U, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: March, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP17-171

Sex: U, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: March, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic

CZEP17-323

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: August, 2017 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP17-395

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: August, 2017 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

An interesting individual. The greyish brown colour of iris is clearly of a 1CY (euring 3) bird, but it moulted all of its greater coverts which lack alsmost any sign of white spots. Also, its tail is quite broad for a 1CY bird.

CZEP17-403

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: August, 2017 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP17-431

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2017 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-115

Sex: U, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: March, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-174

Sex: U, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: April, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-392

Sex: M, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: June, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Dunnocks can look quite untidy at the end of summer.

CZEP18-457

Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: July, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Dunnocks can look quite untidy at the end of summer.

CZEP18-458

Sex: M, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: July, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-719

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-757

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: September, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-759

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: September, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-761

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: September, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-762

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: September, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-772

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-773

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-784

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-786

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2018 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP18-796

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-797

Sex: F, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Sex was determined molecularly.

CZEP18-798

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-799

Sex: M, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Sex was determined molecularly.

CZEP18-800

Sex: M, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

Sex was determined molecularly.

CZEP18-827

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-828

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-830

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-831

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-832

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-833

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-834

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP18-835

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: November, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-370

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: September, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-374

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: September, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-386

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: September, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-435

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-437

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-438

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-439

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-464

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP19-476

Sex: U, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP20-028

Sex: U, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: March, 2020 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic

CZEP20-345

Sex: U, age: 1CY juv (euring: 3J), trapped: August, 2020 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

Still showing traces of juvenile plumage.

CZEP20-446

Sex: U, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2020 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic

CZEP21-018

Sex: U, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: March, 2021 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic