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EDITOR: The Chiffchaff has darker legs than the very similar Willow Warbler, and this is shown well here.
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Defined: DKZ00035
English Common Chiffchaff
Scientific (Phylloscopus collybita)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Phylloscopidae
Family (English) Leaf Warblers
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions s Asia and n AF
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Belarus, Belgium,Benin,Bhutan,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Burkina Faso,Cameroon,Chad,China,Croatia, Cyprus,Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Egypt,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland, France,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland,Iran, Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,Lebanon,Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Mali,Malta, Mauritania,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Nepal,Netherlands,Niger,Nigeria, Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Portugal,Qatar,Romania,Russia,Rwanda, San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Somalia,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan, Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Tanzania,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine, United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,Western Sahara,Yemen,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
abietinus Scandinavia and nw Russia to the Black Sea, e Turkey and Syria
collybita w, c, se Europe
brevirostris nw, n Turkey
caucasicus Caucasus to n Iran
menzbieri ne Iran and Turkmenistan
tristis e Russia and n Kazakhstan to s Siberia and n Mongolia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Vieillot, 1817)
German Zilpzalp
French Pouillot véloce
Chinese 叽喳柳莺
Japanese チフチャフ
Russian Пеночка-теньковка
Spanish Mosquitero común
Portuguese felosa-comum
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Breeding Range Codes
AF 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)
PAL 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)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)