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Canary Islands Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis)

Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Photo: Juan Emilio from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 — free for commercial reuse.

About the Canary Islands Chiffchaff

The Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis) is a species of leaf warbler endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. Sometimes the English name is spelled Canary Island chiffchaff. Previously the Canary Island chiffchaff was considered as a subspecies of the common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita). Now it is recognised as a separate species under the name Phylloscopus canariensis. There are two recognised subspecies but the Lanzarote subspecies is probably extinct; they are: Western Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis): western Canary Islands: El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria †Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis exsul): eastern Canary Islands: Lanzarote and possibly Fuerteventura.

Source: Canary Islands chiffchaff on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 163 recordings for this species: 133 CC BY-NC-SA · 30 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.

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Listed as recorded in Spain in the xeno-canto catalogue.

Related species you can hear

This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.