Biology:Western Canary Islands chiffchaff

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Short description: Subspecies of bird

Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Phylloscopidae
Genus: Phylloscopus
Species:
Subspecies:
P. c. canariensis
Trinomial name
Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis
(Hartwig, 1886)
Synonyms

Phylloscopus collybita canariensis

The western Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis) is a small bird in the family Phylloscopidae. It is a subspecies of the Canary Islands chiffchaff found on the islands of El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife and Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain .

Both the western and the now extinct eastern (Phylloscopus canariensis exsul) subspecies of the Canary Islands chiffchaff were formerly considered subspecies of the common chiffchaff but were separated (Clement & Helbig, 1998; Sangster et al., 2001) due to their morphological, bioacoustical, and mtDNA sequence differences (Helbig et al., 1996).

References

  • Clement, P. & Helbig, A. J. (1998): Taxonomy and identification of chiffchaffs in the Western Palearctic. Brit. Birds 91: 361–376.
  • Gwinner, Eberhard (2008). "Circannual clocks in avian reproduction and migration". Ibis 138 (4): 47–63. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04767.x. 
  • Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J.; Parkin, David T. (2002). "Taxonomic recommendations for European birds". Ibis 144: 153–159. doi:10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x. 

Wikidata ☰ Q12353398 entry