The common chiffchaff, or simply the chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic.
Common chiffchaff
Sketch spectrograms comparing calls of, from left to right, the subspecies collybita, abietinus and tristis
Phylloscopus collybita tristis From Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India.
Essentially the entire historic range of the extinct eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff (P. canariensis exsul) is shown in this photo.
Leaf warblers are small insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Phylloscopus.
Leaf warbler
Illustration of Phylloscopus bonelli, Phylloscopus coronatus, Phylloscopus trochilus, Phylloscopus sibilatrix by John Gerrard Keulemans