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🦉 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 bird lives in deciduous or mixed forests, the main thing is that they are light, since it avoids dense forests. And in such places, it can only be seen in bushes. The bird lives in the lower forest levels.

They arrive around the end of April, when the first insects have already appeared and the snow has melted. At this time, the male sings vigorously, perched atop bushes or low on tree branches. Their song is beautiful and melodic.