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Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

The Common Chiffchaff is a small, cheerful bird known for its lovely singing. It has a brownish-green color and loves to hop around in trees and bushes, looking for tasty insects to eat.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Common Chiffchaff is a tiny, active bird with dull olive-green upperparts and pale off-white underparts. It has fine, dark legs and a faint pale stripe above its eye. Its plain appearance helps it blend into leafy environments.

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Common Chiffchaff
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Common Chiffchaff

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Chiffchaffs build their cozy, dome-shaped nests secretly on or near the ground!

Some Chiffchaffs fly thousands of miles from Siberia to Africa each year!

Their 'chiff-chaff' song can sometimes slow down and even swap to 'chaff-chiff'!

Their tiny legs are designed for hopping nimbly through branches, not for walking!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Tiny Bug Tracker

Common Chiffchaff can quickly snatch insects from leaves or in mid-air because of their agile flight and sharp eyesight that helps them find tiny prey.

Fähigkeit

Seasonal Wanderer

Common Chiffchaff has incredible navigation skills that help them fly thousands of kilometers each year to warmer climates for winter and return in spring.

Fähigkeit

Sound Identifier

Common Chiffchaff can be identified by its distinctive 'chiff-chaff' song that helps them communicate and defend territory, even when hidden in the leaves.

Maße und Details

Länge
10-12 cm
Flügelspannweite
15-21 cm
Gewicht
0.006-0.01 kg
Lebenserwartung
2-7 Jahre
Top Speed
32 km/h
Gelegegröße
4-7
Brutzeit
13-15 Tage
Zugstrecke
3500 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny insects and their larvae are the main meal for this busy little bird.

Hauptnahrung

  • flies
  • beetles
  • moths
  • aphids
  • spiders
  • caterpillars

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

a key predator of small woodland birds.

eaten by

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

a common predator in gardens and parks.

shelters

Pedunculate Oak

Quercus robur

provides dense cover for nesting and insect foraging.

parasitizes

Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

lays its eggs in the chiffchaff's nest for raising.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Enjoy watching birds from a distance and don't try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Common Chiffchaff?

10-12 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Common Chiffchaff?

15-21 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Common Chiffchaff?

0.006-0.01 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Common Chiffchaff?

2-7 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Common Chiffchaff?

32 km/h

Was frisst Common Chiffchaff?

Tiny insects and their larvae are the main meal for this busy little bird.

Wo findet man Common Chiffchaff normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Common Chiffchaff?

Foraging

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