Common chiffchaff one of the first avian signs that spring has returned. Its call is a "hweet", less disyllabic than the "hooeet" of the willow warbler or "hu-it" of the western Bonelli's warbler. The song differs from that of the Iberian chiffchaff, which has a shorter . However, mixed singers occur in the hybridisation zone and elsewhere, and can be difficult to allocate to species. When not singing, the common chiffchaff can be difficult to distinguish from other leaf warblers with greenish upperparts and whitish underparts, particularly the willow warbler. However, that species has a longer primary projection, a sleeker, brighter appearance
The Conference of the Birds The Conference of the Birds The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds (, "Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr", also known as "Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr"; 1177) is a celebrated literary masterpiece of Persian literature by poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. The title, which is in Arabic, is taken directly from the Qur’an, 27:16, where Sulayman (Solomon) and Dāwūd (David) are said to have been taught the language, or speech, of the birds ("manṭiq al-ṭayr"). In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest