Iberian chiffchaff

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Iberian chiffchaff
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
P. ibericus
Binomial name
Phylloscopus ibericus
Ticehurst, 1937
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Range of P. obericus
  Breeding
  Passage
  Non-breeding

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 Atlantic.

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Taxonomy and etymology

The name "chiffchaff" is onomatopoeic, referring to the repetitive chiff-chaff song of the common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita). [2] There are similar names in some other European languages, such as the Dutch Tjiftjaf, the German Zilpzalp and Welsh siff-saff.

The genus name Phylloscopus is from Ancient Greek phullon, "leaf", and skopos, "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch"). The specific ibericus is Latin for "Iberian". [3]

Previously the Iberian chiffchaff was considered as a subspecies of the common chiffchaff. As of 2016, it is recognised as a separate species under the name Phylloscopus ibericus [4] for the following reasons (compared to the common chiffchaff): [5]

Due to current research on these species, it has been discovered that Iberian Chiffchaff is the most divergent among the members of the chiffchaff species complex. The Iberian Chiffchaff is slightly larger and paler, with more olive-colored plumage. [6]

In past, erroneously listed as Phylloscopus brehmii. [7] [8]

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References

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  2. Cocker, Mark; Mabey, Richard (2005). Birds Britannica. London: Chatto & Windus. pp. 378–9. ISBN   0-7011-6907-9.
  3. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp.  201, 305. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): "Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. " Ibis 144(1): 153–159.
  5. Helbig, A. J.; Martens, J.; Seibold, I.; Henning, F.; Schottler, B. & Wink, M. (1996): Phylogeny and species limits in the Palearctic Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita complex: mitochondrial genetic differentiation and bioacoustic evidence. Ibis 138(4): 650–666.
  6. Raković, Marko; Neto, Júlio M.; Lopes, Ricardo J.; Koblik, Evgeniy A.; Fadeev, Igor V.; Lohman, Yuriy V.; Aghayan, Sargis A.; Boano, Giovanni; Pavia, Marco; Perlman, Yoav; Kiat, Yosef; Ben Dov, Amir; Collinson, J. Martin; Voelker, Gary; Drovetski, Sergei V. (4 January 2019). "Geographic patterns of mtDNA and Z-linked sequence variation in the Common Chiffchaff and the 'chiffchaff complex'". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0210268. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210268 . PMC   6319743 . PMID   30608988.
  7. Svensson, L. (2001). The correct name of the Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Ticehurst 1937, its identification and new evidence of its winter grounds. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 121(4): 281–296.
  8. Clement, P. & Garcia, E.F.J. (2018). Iberian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

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