#0591 · 🐦 birds
Common Chiffchaff
🇳🇱 Tjiftjaf ·Phylloscopus collybita
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what is it?
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 Asia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1,066 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 99,248 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 (209 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Chiffchaff
- Nederlands
- Tjiftjaf
- scientific name
- Phylloscopus collybita
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Phylloscopidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1,066
- sightings in Europe
- 60,810
- sightings worldwide
- 99,248
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,281,298
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1817 by Louis Pierre Vieillot
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Phylloscopidae
#0628 📷 8Willow Warbler
🇳🇱 Fitis
Phylloscopus trochilus
LC 👀 441 in NL
#0762 📷 8Wood Warbler
🇳🇱 Fluiter
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
LC 👀 42 in NL
#0779 📷 10Yellow-browed Warbler
🇳🇱 Bladkoning
Phylloscopus inornatus
LC 👀 35 in NL
#0799 📷 10Hume's Leaf Warbler
🇳🇱 Humes Bladkoning
Phylloscopus humei
LC 👀 25 in NL
#0825 📷 7Pallas's Leaf Warbler
🇳🇱 Pallas' Boszanger
Phylloscopus proregulus
LC 👀 16 in NL
#0880 📷 7Iberian Chiffchaff
🇳🇱 Iberische Tjiftjaf
Phylloscopus ibericus
LC 👀 8 in NL
#0885 📷 8Dusky Warbler
🇳🇱 Bruine Boszanger
Phylloscopus fuscatus
LC 👀 7 in NL
#0926 📷 10Greenish Warbler
🇳🇱 Grauwe Fitis
Phylloscopus trochiloides
LC 👀 4 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 117016, Wikidata Q185784, GBIF 2493091, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.