Singing bird Tenerife (1 Viewer)

[AGDK]

Hello

The last one from Tenerife from last week as well..

The birds were common around the city/countryside, but hard to get a picture of, since it usually was hidden in the top of the palms.. My Birdnet app always recognized it as a Iberian Chiffchaff, when I recorded the singing, but as far as I can see it's not common on Tenerife at all.. On the contrary the Canary Islands Chiffchaff should be common everywhere on the Island.. The sound was sort of similar to the Common ChiffChaff, but slightly different, but still every easy to distinguish..

Can anyone tell me what is right and wrong here?

Thanks

 

[Butty]

Can anyone tell me what is right and wrong here?

Don't follow. Are you asking for an ID for the bird in your photos? Did this bird sing? Do you have a recording and can you post it?

 

[AGDK]

Sorry if got a confusing the way I wrote it..

My question is simply just this: Is it a Iberian Chiffchaff or a Canary Islands Chiffchaff?

 

[James Lowther]

Looks fine for canary island chiffchaff (very common) instead of Iberian (very rare)
Cheers
James

 

[AGDK]

Thanks James.. Just wanted to be sure, since it's my first visit and the App told me something different..

 

[Butty]

Given the reports from people on here, I have no faith in the current state of the art in bird-sound ID by AI, and that certainly includes BirdNET. I wonder if the software's logic was: 'it's singing, it sounds a bit like a chiffchaff, and it's in Spain (technically true), ergo it's an Iberian chiffchaff'. Oh dear

 

[AGDK]

I'm not the one to judge the quality of apps, since my knowledge is too limited, but I have been very thankful for the help it provides in the field from time to time, when I'm in doubt.. And most of the time, it's hitting correctly, at least here in Poland, when I use it and have possibility to verify afterwards

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Hello

The last one from Tenerife from last week as well..

The birds were common around the city/countryside, but hard to get a picture of, since it usually was hidden in the top of the palms.. My Birdnet app always recognized it as a Iberian Chiffchaff, when I recorded the singing, but as far as I can see it's not common on Tenerife at all.. On the contrary the Canary Islands Chiffchaff should be common everywhere on the Island.. The sound was sort of similar to the Common ChiffChaff, but slightly different, but still every easy to distinguish..

Can anyone tell me what is right and wrong here?

Thanks

Sounds more like Canary Islands Chiff from the song description as well as looking like one.

 

[AGDK]

Thanks for your confirmation as well Stephen

 

[Earnest lad]

I don't know whether or not this is helpful, but my "research" notes say that Canarian Chiffchaff is different from common chiffchaff in (a) darker brown above (b) longer tail (c) shorter primary projection (d) more of a pronounced supercilium