Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) - HBW 11, p. 649
French: Pouillot véloce
German: Zilpzalp
Spanish: Mosquitero Común
Other common names: (Eurasian) Chiffchaff; Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis)
Taxonomy: Sylvia collybita Vieillot, 1817, Normandy, France.
Forms a superspecies with P. ibericus and P.canariensis, and until recently treated as conspecific. Also close to P. sindianus, which has similarly been treated as conspecific, but is genetically distinct. Hybridization with latter and with P. trochilus recorded. Geographical variation partially clinal, upperparts becoming paler or colder grey and underparts whiter from W to E, but variably paler and darker individuals found in all races. Race tristis has been treated as a separate species, but intergrades with abietinus in wide area of overlap; .. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Sylvia collybita Vieillot, 1817, Normandy, France.
Forms a superspecies with P. ibericus and P.canariensis, and until recently treated as conspecific. Also close to P. sindianus, which has similarly been treated as conspecific, but is genetically distinct. Hybridization with latter and with P. trochilus recorded. Geographical variation partially clinal, upperparts becoming paler or colder grey and underparts whiter from W to E, but variably paler and darker individuals found in all races. Race tristis has been treated as a separate species, but intergrades with abietinus in wide area of overlap; further research required. Proposed race fulvescens from C Asia (approximately between R Pechora and R Yenisey) considered probably an intergrade between two aforementioned races, but clarification required. Six subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies with P. ibericus and P.canariensis, and until recently treated as conspecific. Also close to P. sindianus, which has similarly been treated as conspecific, but is genetically distinct. Hybridization with latter and with P. trochilus recorded. Geographical variation partially clinal, upperparts becoming paler or colder grey and underparts whiter from W to E, but variably paler and darker individuals found in all races. Race tristis has been treated as a separate species, but intergrades with abietinus in wide area of overlap; further research required. Proposed race fulvescens from C Asia (approximately between R Pechora and R Yenisey) considered probably an intergrade between two aforementioned races, but clarification required. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- abietinus (Nilsson, 1819) - breeds Scandinavia (except S) and NW Russia (E at least to R Pechora), and in S from C & E Germany to Black Sea; non-breeding Balkans S to W, NE & E Africa and Arabia.
- collybita (Vieillot, 1817) - breeds British Is E to S Sweden, and from France and E Spain to W Germany, S Poland, Balkans and NW Turkey; non-breeding around Mediterranean (sporadically to S Ireland, C England and Netherlands) and from NW Africa (including Canary Is) to Middle East.
- tristis Blyth, 1843 - breeds Russia (from at least R Pechora E to R Kolyma, possibly to R Anadyr), S to NW Black Sea, N Kazakhstan, NW China, NW Mongolia and L Baikal; non-breeding S Iraq, S Iran and Arabia E to India and Bangladesh.
- abietinus (Nilsson, 1819) - breeds Scandinavia (except S) and NW Russia (E at least to R Pechora), and in S from C & E Germany to Black Sea; non-breeding Balkans S to W, NE & E Africa and Arabia.
- collybita (Vieillot, 1817) - breeds British Is E to S Sweden, and from France and E Spain to W Germany, S Poland, Balkans and NW Turkey; non-breeding around Mediterranean (sporadically to S Ireland, C England and Netherlands) and from NW Africa (including Canary Is) to Middle East.
- tristis Blyth, 1843 - breeds Russia (from at least R Pechora E to R Kolyma, possibly to R Anadyr), S to NW Black Sea, N Kazakhstan, NW China, NW Mongolia and L Baikal; non-breeding S Iraq, S Iran and Arabia E to India and Bangladesh.
- brevirostris (Strickland, 1837) - highlands of NW & N Turkey.
- caucasicus Loskot, 1991 - Caucasus and Transcaucasus S to NW & N Iran.
- menzbieri Shestoperov, 1937 - NE Iran and Turkmenia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird bathing in a pond and shaking its plumage Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp collybita)
Pere Sugranyes 31 March 2006 4 years ago 25 sec 4.8 -
A male singing and foraging Locality Forêt de Sénart, France (ssp collybita)
Julien Rochefort 2 April 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.6 -
An adult and a fledgling bathing Locality Vilanova i la Geltru, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Pere Sugranyes 21 April 2010 1 year ago 56 sec 4.6 -
2 shots of a bird on reeds Locality Perales River, Madrid, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 October 2007 2 years ago 15 sec 4.5 -
A male foraging and singing Locality Forêt de Sénart, France (ssp collybita)
Julien Rochefort 2 April 2007 4 years ago 42 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening and scratching itself then flying away Locality Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
Robert Mouchard 22 December 2009 1 year ago 13 sec 4.3
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in the grass
Locality Mitzpe Ramon, Negev Desert, Israel
Lior Kislev 22 March 2006 8 weeks ago 4.5 -
An adult (singing) male.
Locality West Fife, Scotland, Great Britain (ssp collybita)
Steve Garvie 13 April 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Chiffchaff looking for insects
Locality Netherlands
Rob Belterman 17 April 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird perched on a branch
Locality Biebrza Marshes, Podlaskie Province, Poland
Piotr Jonczyk 28 June 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
The bird looks around.
Locality Beglitskaya Spit, Neklinovsky District, Rostov Oblast, Western Russia, Russia (ssp abietinus)
Anatoliy Kuzmin 2 October 2011 17 weeks ago 4.3 -
In a tree
Locality Sealine Beach Resort, Mesaieed, Qatar
John A Thompson 1 year ago 4.3
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Contact calls of a foraging bird Locality Stari Grad, Hvar Island, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
(ssp collybita)
Stuart Fisher 27 October 2010 1 year ago 5 -
Chiffchaff singing high up in a birch tree in a cemetery. Locality Germany
Thomas Voekler 27 April 2008 1 year ago 4.7 -
A bird singing Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp tristis)
Laurent Demongin 2 July 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird calling and singing Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp tristis)
Laurent Demongin 2 July 2010 1 year ago 4 -
A male singing Locality Antwerp Province, Belgium
(ssp collybita)
Laurent Demongin 15 April 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Calling in Acacia tree Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp tristis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1984 1 year ago 4
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