Translingual

Phylloscopus collybita (chiffchaff or common chiffchaff)

Proper noun

Phylloscopidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Passeriformes – the leaf warblers and allies.

Usage notes

Formerly within family Sylviidae (the Old World warblers).

Hyponyms

• (family): Seicercus, Phylloscopus (genera)

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276