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Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Common Chiffchaff
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Gransangeren er en mindre spurvefugl, der yngler i de nordlige og tempererede dele af Europa og Asien. Arten overvintrer i det vestlige og sydlige Europa, det sydlige Asien og det nordlige Afrika.

Field marks

Small, plain with no , olive-green with a brown tinge on top and dull white underneath. The two best marks are the dark legs and the short whitish ; the primary projection is short.

Can be confused with

  • Willow Warbler — Willow Warbler has pale legs, a longer primary projection and a sleeker, brighter green look; its call is a more clearly disyllabic "hooeet" against the Chiffchaff’s shorter "hweet", and the song is a descending, wistful phrase rather than "chiff-chaff".

Voice

The song is a repeated, cheerful "chiff-chaff" — a characteristic alternation between two notes. Its call, "hweet", sounds more like one syllable than the Willow Warbler’s two-part "hooeet".

Facts

Wingspan

18 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

leaf warblers

Phylloscopidae

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This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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