Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817)
Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers
Common Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita, is a leaf warbler of the Palearctic, breeding widely across that region and spending the non-breeding season in southern Asia and north Africa. It is a passerine with a broad breeding range, and it is also found in open woodland across northern and temperate Europe. The bird is known for its simple chiff-chaff song, which gives it its name. Several subspecies are recognised, and some are now treated as separate species. The female makes a domed nest close to the ground and does most of the brooding and feeding of the young.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Phylloscopidae — Leaf Warblers
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: widespread
- Nonbreeding range
- s Asia and n AF
