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 Common Chiffchaff  Phylloscopus collybita


 

 Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

Virtsu, Estonia  58º 34' 50.2'' N  23º 32' 14.0'' E   30 May 2010

Territorial song from high in a maple.

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 Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

Rainham Marshes, Essex, England  51º 29' 15.35'' N  00º 13' 22.7'' E  19 May 2019

Territorial song from high in a sycamore. Quieter phrases of faltering churrs preceeding most strophes.

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Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

River Lee Country Park, Herts/Essex  2 May 2009

Territorial song - sample from longer continuous bout of singing from bird #1

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Sonogram of Chiffchaff calls

Knockentiber-Springside disused railway line, Ayrshire, Scotland  1 September 2014

Calls from a migrant in overgrown hawthorn/elder hedgerow.

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Sonogram of Common Chiffchaff song

Sendero Canuto de Risco Blanco, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain

36° 09' 31.9" N  5° 35' 15.2" W  16 Apr 2019

Song from passage migrant in Iberian Chiffchaff habitat.

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Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

River Lee Country Park, Herts/Essex  2 May 2009

Territorial song - sample from longer continuous bout of singing from bird #2

 

 

Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

River Lee Country Park, Herts/Essex  2 May 2009

Territorial song - sample from longer continuous bout of singing from bird #3

 

 

Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

Totteridge Valley, Middlesex, England  51° 37' 20.6'' N  00° 11' 59.9'' W  4 May 2009

Soft, barely audible dry, churrs between verses.

 

 

Sonogram of Chiffchaff song

Brent Reservoir, London, England  51° 34' 36.0'' N  00° 14' 44.9'' W  9 May 2009

Interstrophic churrs - note different structure to bird recorded at Totteridge (above).

 

 


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