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title: "Common Chiffchaff"
description: "Phylloscopus collybita — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/common-chiffchaff
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Chiffchaff

> Phylloscopus collybita — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Phylloscopus collybita*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 97043
- Wikidata: [Q185784](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185784)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117016](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117016)

## Names

- en: Common Chiffchaff
- de: Zilpzalp
- es: Mosquitero común
- fr: Pouillot véloce
- nl: Tjiftjaf
- pt: Felosa-comum
- pl: Pierwiosnek

## Countries with the most observations

RU (17685), GB (8612), ES (7845), FR (6390), DE (5410), IT (4161), PT (3435), UA (1574), AT (1467), NL (1059), BE (982), CZ (822)

## Summary

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. The female builds a domed nest on or near the ground, and assumes most of the responsibility for brooding and feeding the chicks…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_chiffchaff

## Photo

![Common Chiffchaff](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-chiffchaff/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tobias Schönberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154263700

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-chiffchaff?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).