Canary Islands chiffchaff Canary Islands chiffchaff The Canary Islands chiffchaff ("Phylloscopus canariensis") is a species of leaf warbler endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. Sometimes the English name is spelled Canary Island chiffchaff. Previously the Canary Island chiffchaff was considered as a subspecies of the common chiffchaff ("Phylloscopus collybita"). Now it is recognised as a separate species under the name "Phylloscopus canariensis". There are two recognised subspecies but the Lanzarote subspecies is probably extinct; they are. The Canary Islands chiffchaff is similar to the common chiffchaff and the Iberian chiffchaff but compared to the common chiffchaff it has a longer bill, shorter wings
Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff The eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff or Lanzarote Island chiffchaff ("Phylloscopus canariensis exsul") is an extinct subspecies of the Canary Islands chiffchaff endemic to the island of Lanzarote – and possibly also Fuerteventura – in the Canary Islands, Spain. The eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff was more chestnut-backed and shorter-winged than the western Canary Islands chiffchaff, "Phylloscopus canariensis canariensis". These birds were formerly considered subspecies of the common chiffchaff but separated (Clement & Helbig, 1998; Sangster "et al.", 2001) due to their morphological, bioacoustical, and mtDNA sequence differences (Helbig "et al.", 1996). Apparently this subspecies was already very