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| Ole Thorsen | profile | all galleries >> Birds and other animals (updated:2014-10-06) >> Garden & Forest Birds - One gallery for each bird (updated:2014-10-06) >> Willow warbler (Løvsanger / Phylloscopus trochilus) (updated:2008-08-26) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| 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) |
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