Warbler Algarve East coastal area May 2019 (1 Viewer)

Would appreciate any help to hopefully confirm the ID of this Warbler. My first thoughts were of Fan Tailed warbler, but on reflection thought that the eye stripe a little prominent??


Many thanks in advance

Pepe

It's a Phylloscopus warbler, probably Chiff Chaff on primary projection.

Cheers

Or a Willow Warbler with that super!

I'd go for Willow Warbler too (still passing through here in May) and apart from it looking like one, may I add; Common Chiffchaff would be out of the ordinary (though not unheard of) in May in the Algarve. Iberian Chiffchaffs, AFAIK are well past migrating in May - they are all well into the breeding season in inland habitats, esp. Cork Oak since March. Also Fan-tailed Warbler (Zitting Cisticola) is an abundant resident breeding in areas with grasses, even on roadsides and abandoned building plots in quite built up areas - its actually quite hard to be anywhere in the Algarve where you cannot here its "zitting",

Thanks for the helpful input fellas.

Pepe