There are four species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
named chiffchaff:
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Common chiffchaff
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 whi ...
, ''Phylloscopus collybita'' (also often commonly referred to as the ''chiffchaff'')
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Iberian chiffchaff
The Iberian chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus ibericus'') is a species of leaf warbler endemic to Portugal, Spain and North Africa, west of a line stretching roughly from the western Pyrenees via the mountains of central Spain to the Atlantic.
Taxonom ...
, ''Phylloscopus ibericus''
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Canary Islands chiffchaff
The Canary Islands chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus canariensis'') is a species of leaf warbler endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. Sometimes the English name is spelled Canary Island chiffchaff.
Taxonomy
Previously the Canary Island chiffchaff was ...
, ''Phylloscopus canariensis''
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Western Canary Islands chiffchaff
The western Canary Islands chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis'') is a small bird in the family Phylloscopidae. It is a subspecies of the Canary Islands chiffchaff found on the islands of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife ...
, ''Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis''
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Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff
The eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff or Lanzarote Island chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus canariensis exsul'') is an extinct subspecies of the Canary Islands chiffchaff endemic to the island of Lanzarote – and possibly also Fuerteventura – in the ...
, ''Phylloscopus canariensis exsul''
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Mountain chiffchaff
The mountain chiffchaff or eastern chiffchaff (''Phylloscopus sindianus'') is a species of leaf warbler found in the Caucasus (''P. s. lorenzii'') and Himalayas (''P. s. sindianus''), and is an altitudinal migrant, moving to lower levels in winte ...
, ''Phylloscopus sindianus''
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