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Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus) (updated:2008-08-26)

The Willow warbler L 11-12,5cm (4.3-4.9")
breeds where there is trees or high bushes. The nest is build in thick ground cover. The Willow Warbler is a small and elegant bird with slim legs and bill. It has a white to yellow-white eyebrow, a greenish back with varying brown or grey tones. The throat and breast is yellow-white, and the abdomen is whitish. The legs are normally light-brown. The wings are pretty uniform without wing bars. On a sitting bird the primaries length from where the secondaries end is the same as the secondaries length, while the same measure for the Chiffchaff is only 50% of the secondaries length. The Chiffchaff's legs are dark-brown-grey.
Names:
Sc Phylloscopus trochilus
En Willow warbler
Da Løvsanger
No Løvsanger
Sv Lövsångare
De Fitis
Fr Pouillot fitis
Es Mosquitero Musical
It Luì grosso

Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)
Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus)