Common Chiffchaff
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Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

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Family
Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), or simply the chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic.
It is a migratory passerine which winters in southern and western Europe, southern Asia and north Africa. Greenish-brown above and off-white below, it is named onomatopoeically for its simple chiff-chaff song. It has a number of subspecies, some of which are now treated as full species.

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Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.