#common chiffchaff

a Common Chiffchaff, everybody - say it out loud - chiffchaff \o/ it's called like that because of the bird's song - chiff-chaff. Isn't that cute? 😊

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Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Continents: Asia, Europe, North America

"There's a flock of them that shows up in my neighbourhood every autumn/winter to eat the berries from the hedges"

Plump, smooth-plumaged bird with a sleek crest and white and yellow markings on wings. Mostly clean gray with brighter rusty wash on the face. Look for rich rufous undertail. Breeds in open coniferous forests at high latitudes across the Northern Hemisphere. Winter range depends on fruit crops; sometimes descends much further south in large numbers. Often found in flocks feasting on fruiting trees like crabapple and mountain ash. Listen for their ringing trills, often given while flying overhead. Compare with Cedar Waxwing in North America and Japanese Waxwing in Asia; Bohemian is larger and grayer, with a different wing pattern and no yellow on the belly. (eBird)

Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

Continents: Africa, Asia, Europe

"They go chiff-chaffchaff or perhaps chaff-chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff, which i think is brilliant. They're tiny flitty birds, very busy (i think the Latin name is something like leaf-inspector) and have bigger things to care about than humans. Books describe them as "drab" but they dress in soft smart browns with dark stockings and dashing yellow eyeliner. I love hearing their peeps from the hedges. I love them, have i made that clear your Honour? Anyway, my locals are off migrating and i miss them."

A very plain leaf warbler found in a variety of wooded and scrubby habitats, often near water. Best identified by voice: song is a slightly jerky double-noted chiff-chaff, chiff-chaff..., very different from song of the similar Willow Warbler. Relative to Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff is often duller, more brownish overall with weaker pale eyebrow, dark legs, and tends to habitually dip its tail. Also similar to Booted and Sykes’s Warbler, but these are browner toned with darkish legs and bill. (eBird)