Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)

Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus) - HBW 11, p. 650

French: Pouillot ibérique German: Iberienzilpzalp Spanish: Mosquitero Ibérico

Taxonomy: Phylloscopus collybita ibericus Ticehurst, 1937, Paul d’Argila, near Coimbra, Portugal.
Previously referred to erroneously as P. brehmii. Forms a superspecies with, and until recently treated as conspecific with, P. collybita and P. canariensis; elevated to rank of full species on basis of bioacoustics, morphology and molecular biology. Monotypic.

Distribution: Breeds in SW France, NW, C & S Spain and Portugal, and discontinuously in N Morocco, N Algeria and NW Tunisia; non-breeding range not well known, includes NW Africa (principally Tunisia), but main area appears to be farther S, in tropical W Africa (from Senegal E to S Mali, Burkina Faso and N Ghana).