Western Canary Islands chiffchaff
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.
| Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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Phylloscopus collybita canariensis | |
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.
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