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Common Chiffchaff

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Increasing

Alternate Names

Chiffchaff

Native Habitat

Open woodland

Diet

Insects

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Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

It is greenish-brown above and off-white below, it is named onomatopoeically for its simple chiff-chaff song.

When not singing, the common chiffchaff can be difficult to distinguish from other leaf warblers with greenish upperparts and whitish underparts.

Regional Names
  • Bengali:
    পাতি চিফচ্যাফ
  • French:
    Pouillot véloce
  • Gujarati:
    જળ કીટકીટ, બદામી ફુત્કી
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
PHYLLOSCOPIDAE
Phylloscopus collybita