Birdwatching - 3140 🐦

🦉 The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

• Phylloscopus Greek: phyllon foliage, skopos seeker, observer
• trochilus trokhilos (Greek) is a small bird mentioned by Aristotle, later identified as "wren", but in Aldrovandus (1599) it is "a kinglet without a tuft"; trokhalos, trokhiscus (Greek) round, oval, curved, spherical; trochilus (lat.) semicircular, curved

This small, rather unremarkable bird arrives around the end of April, when spring finally arrives and insects appear in the forests. Having arrived, the birds begin their mating season, and the entire forest is filled with a melodic, beautiful song consisting of various whistles.

It is surprising that, unlike its slimy relative, the "Siberian Chiffchaff", it lives exclusively in forests and does not fly into cities, except perhaps into groves.