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chiffchaff /ˈtʃɪftʃaf /nounA small Eurasian and North African migratory leaf warbler with drab plumage.- Genus Phylloscopus, family Sylviidae: two species.
Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out....- People on the one to two-hour guided walks may also hear warblers such as the blackcap, the garden warbler, the reed warbler, the sedge warbler and the chiffchaff.
- Any other two species with DNA this close (willow warblers and chiffchaffs for instance) are invariably considered members of the same genus.
Origin Late 18th century: imitative of its call. |