English

A chiffchaff.

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• chiff-chaff

Noun

chiffchaff ‎(plural chiffchaffs)

1. A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
2. Any of several other species of the same genus.
3. (Britain, onomatopoeic, uncountable) the song of the chiffchaff.

   I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.

Derived terms

• Iberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus ibericus
• Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis
  • Western Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis
  • Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis exsul
• mountain chiffchaff, Phylloscopus sindianus

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