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#0880 · 🐦 birds

Iberian Chiffchaff

🇳🇱 Iberische Tjiftjaf ·Phylloscopus ibericus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands
Iberian Chiffchaff, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © franciscodocampo · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

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 Mediterranean.

base stats

  • NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,535iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

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 8 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,535 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Claud Buchanan Ticehurst in 1937 (89 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Iberian Chiffchaff
Nederlands
Iberische Tjiftjaf
scientific name
Phylloscopus ibericus
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Phylloscopidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
8
sightings in Europe
887
sightings worldwide
1,535
GBIF records in NL
5,468
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1937 by Claud Buchanan Ticehurst

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Phylloscopidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 117027, Wikidata Q976787, GBIF 7341585, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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