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Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

Described by: Vieillot (1817)
Alternate common name(s): Eurasian Chiffchaff, Chiffchaff, Chiff-chaff, Siberian Chiffchaff
Old scientific name(s): Phylloscopus collybitus

Photographs

England - Date unknown © Andy Bright  England - Date unknown © Andy Bright  Montreuil-Juigné, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de La Loire, France - Jun 23, 2002 © Alain Fossé  Montreuil-Juigné, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de La Loire, France - Apr 17, 2002 © Alain Fossé  India - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi 
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Range

W. Europe to e. Asia;
(1) N. and e. Europe from Scandinavia e. to nw. Russia e. at least to the Pechora River and Ural Mountains and s. from c. and e. Germant to the Black Sea.
Winters in the Balkans (Bulgaria) to the n. Mediterranean region including Sardinia, Sicily, Yugoslavia, s. to Asia Minor, Arabia, n. and e. Africa (Somalia).
(2) W. and s. Europe from British Isles, s. Sweden, Denmark to the Pyrenees of e. Spain, and France w. to Germany, and s. Poland, Balkans (Romania) and nw. Turkey.
Winters in Mediterranean region sporadically n. to e. Ireland, c. England, and the Netherlands, w. to the Canary Is., nw. Africa e. to Middle East.
(3) E. of the Ural Mountains in Siberia from Yenisey River and Pechora River to the Kolyma River possibly the Anadyr River, and s. to nw. Black Sea, n. Kazakhstan, Altai, Lake Baikal, nw. China, and nw. Mongolia.
Winters s. to s. Iraq, s. Iran and Arabia e. to India and Bangladesh.
(4) Highlands of nw. and n. Turkey.
(5) Caucasus and Transcaucasus s. to nw. and n. Iran.
(6) ne. Iran and Turkmenia.

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Dutch Birding Association
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Avisoft
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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