A member of the warbler family this species arrives in Ireland from March onwards and remains until September/October. In recent years more are overwintering in Ireland, largely in the south.It's onomatopoeic song of 'chiff-chaff, chiff-chaff..' is probably more familiar than the bird itself as it spends most of it's time in the treetops. The collybita part of the scientific name derives from the Greek for money-changer; the song being similar to the chinking of coins being counted. This one was photographed in my back garden last September.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
