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Chiffchaff/Mosquitero común

Phylloscopus collybita

Description:

A small insectivorous bird, the Chiffchaff is a small, 10–12 centimetres long leaf warbler. The spring adult has brown-washed dull green upperparts, off-white underparts becoming yellowish on the flanks, and a short whitish supercilium. It has dark legs, a fine dark bill, and short primary projection (extension of the flight feathers beyond the folded wing). This warbler gets its name from its simple distinctive song, a repetitive cheerful chiff-chaff.

Habitat:

Is a common and widespread leaf-warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. It is a migratory passerine which winters in southern and western Europe, southern Asia and north Africa.

Notes:

Parque Natural Salinas de Santa Pola.

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Santa Pola, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Apr 8, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012

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