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chiffchaff

alt. 1 A small, common warbler, (taxlink Phylloscopus collybita species noshow=1), with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. 2 Any of several other species of the same genus. 3 (context UK onomatopoeic uncountable English) the birdsong of the chiffchaff#Noun. n. 1 A small, common warbler, (taxlink Phylloscopus collybita species noshow=1), with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. 2 Any of several other species of the same genus. 3 (context UK onomatopoeic uncountable English) the birdsong of the chiffchaff#Noun.

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Chiffchaff

There are four species of bird named chiffchaff:

  • Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita (also often commonly referred to as the chiffchaff)
  • Iberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus ibericus
  • Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis
    • Western Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis
    • Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis exsul
  • Mountain chiffchaff, Phylloscopus sindianus

Usage examples of "chiffchaff".

When chiffchaff and willow-wren first come they remain in the treetops, but in the summer descend into the lower bushes, and, like the nightingales, come out upon the sward by the wayside.

It is curious that, though singled out as a first sign of spring, the chiffchaff has never entered into the home life of the people like the robin, the swallow, or even the sparrow.

High in a lime tree, hidden from view by the leaves, a chiffchaff sings continually, and from the distance comes the softer note of a thrush.

Closer by, the tribune heard a chiffchaff, an early arrival, whistle from a rooftop.

Jack the difference between the chiffchaff and the willow-wren, several of which were flitting about in the leaves just overhead.

Black people who had never been near the Keedsler mansion could imitate the Lyre Bird and the Willy Wagtail of Australia, the Golden Oriole of India, the Nightingale and the Chaffinch and the Wren and the Chiffchaff of England itself.

The chiffchaffs arrived all at once, as it seemed, in a bevy, and took possession of every birch about the furze, calling incessantly with might and main.

The chatty trills of newly returned wagtails and chiffchaffs came through the open windows of the imperial residence along with the sunbeams and the sweet scent of the cherry blossoms now in riotous pink bloom all around the building.

There were a Papuan lory, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, the chiffchaff and kookaburra bird, laughing jackass and motmot, chachalaca, drongo and poor old puffin.