#1232 · 🐦 birds

Mountain Chiffchaff

🇳🇱 Bergtjiftjaf ·Phylloscopus sindianus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The mountain chiffchaff or eastern chiffchaff ( Phylloscopus sindianus ) is a species of leaf warbler found in the Caucasus ( P. s. lorenzii ) and Himalayas ( P. s. sindianus ), and is an altitudinal migrant, moving to lower levels in winter. The nominate subspecies is similar to the Siberian chiffchaff, but with a finer darker bill, browner upperparts and buff flanks; its song is almost identical to the common chiffchaff, but the call is a weak psew . P. s. lorenzii ...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 533iNaturalist observations
weight 7 gadult, up to
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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
533 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 7 g.
Scientifically named in 1880 (146 years ago).