Willow Warbler

Willow Warbler

Taxobox
name = Willow Warbler
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=52580|title=Phylloscopus trochilus|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]


image_width = 250px
image_caption = audio|Phylloscopus rochilus.ogg|Birdsong
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Phylloscopidae
genus = " Phylloscopus"
species = "P. trochilus"
binomial = "Phylloscopus trochilus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Willow Warbler, "Phylloscopus trochilus", is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.cite book | last = Baker | first = Kevin | coauthors= |title = Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa (Helm Identification Guides) | year = 1997 | publisher = | isbn =0713639717 |page = 256-259]

It was described by Linnaeus in his "Systema Naturae" in 1758 under the genus "Motacilla". [la icon cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=C | authorlink=Carolus Linnaeus | title=Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. | publisher=Holmiae. (Laurentii Salvii). | date=1758| pages=p. 188]

This "warbler" is strongly migratory and the majority of the population winters in sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of the first leaf warblers to return in the spring but is later than the Chiffchaff, "Phylloscopus collybita".

This is a bird of open woodlands with trees and ground cover for nesting, including birch and willow uplands. The nest is built in close contact with the ground, often in low vegetation. Like most Old World warblers, this small passerine is insectivorous.

This is a typical leaf warbler in appearance, greenish brown above and off-white below. It is very similar to the Chiffchaff, but non-singing birds can be distinguished from that species by their paler legs, longer paler bill, more elegant shape and longer primary projection. Its song is a simple repetitive descending whistle.

References

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=6293 Willow Warbler videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.ibercajalav.net/img/381_WillowWarblerPtrochilus.pdf Ageing and sexing (PDF) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta]


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