About the Mountain Chiffchaff
The mountain chiffchaff or eastern chiffchaff is a species of leaf warbler found in the Caucasus and Tian Shan. It 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 is warmer and darker brown than the nominate race; it is sympatric with common chiffchaff in a small area in the Western Caucasus, but interbreeding occurs rarely, if ever. The mountain chiffchaff differs from tristis in vocalisations, external morphology and mtDNA sequences. Its two subspecies…
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What the Mountain Chiffchaff sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in May · a summer visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Davison's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus intensiorDavison's leaf warbler or the white-tailed leaf warbler, is a species of leaf warbler.
Claudia's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus claudiaeClaudia's leaf warbler is a leaf warbler found only in China.
Mountain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus trivirgatusThe mountain leaf warbler is a songbird species from the leaf warbler family (Phylloscopidae).
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