🔶Siberian chiffchaff (Phylloscopus (collybita) tristis)
We call it "Siberian, or sad chiffchaff". Why sad? I honestly don't know. Most likely she was named for her song. But for me, this song, on the contrary, is very perky and rhythmic. By the way, yes, it should be said that this is the only subspecies of these birds who have a real full song in their repertoire. All other common chiffchaffs do not sing, but distinctly repeat one single sound, but with different intonation. And this very confused me at first, as soon as I heard the song of this bird, because I could not determine the species by voice, because I constantly came across an ordinary bird, and not a Siberian subspecies.
In general, birds of this family (Phylloscopidae) are outwardly very difficult to distinguish between themselves, but this species has one feature - dark legs. It is by them that it is easy to determine who is in front of you.
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