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I'm currently building a small library of bird vocalisations. Mp3 versions of the original wave recordings made in the field can be sampled here. These sound recordings have been made using various pieces of gear from a minidisc recorder coupled with an inexpensive microphone to professional Sennheiser and Roland equipment. Field recordings have been cut and prepared for the web with MAGIX Audio Cleaning Lab. Field notes and recording data, including GPS readings, are compiled in a database.

Accompanying most sound recordings is a corresponding sonogram for all or part of the sample. A sonogram is a visual representation of sound in a graphical form with frequency (analogous to pitch) in Hertz (wave cycles of sound per second) on the y-axis, and time (in seconds) on the x-axis. These sonograms have been produced using Syrinx software (www.syrinxpc.com) which allows real-time spectrographic recording, analysis and playback. I then label or annotate the sonogram bitmap images in Adobe Photoshop.

Some recordings are also uploaded to Xeno-Canto and SoundCloud.

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Europe & North Africa


 

Anseriformes


Mute Swan  Cygnus olor

Whooper Swan  Cygnus cygnus

Greylag Goose  Anser anser

Canada Goose  Branta canadensis

Egyptian Goose  Alopochen aegyptiaca

Common Shelduck  Tadorna tadorna

Eurasian Wigeon  Anas penelope

Gadwall  Anas strepera

Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos

Garganey  Anas querquedula

Common Pochard  Aythya ferina

Tufted Duck  Aythya fuligula

 

Galliformes


Grey Partridge  Perdix perdix

 

 

Podicipediformes


Little Grebe  Tachybaptus rufocollis

Great Crested Grebe  Podiceps cristatus

Red-necked Grebe  Podiceps grisgena

 

Procellariiformes


Northern Fulmar  Fulmarus glacialis

 

Pelecaniformes


Great Cormorant  Phalacrocorax carbo

 

Ciconiiformes


Great Bittern  Botaurus stellaris

Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis

Little Egret  Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea

White Stork  Ciconia ciconia

Glossy Ibis  Plegadis falcinellus

 

Accipitriformes


Eurasian Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus

Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo

European Honey-buzzard  Pernis apivorus

Lesser Spotted Eagle  Aquila pomarina

 

Gruiformes


Water Rail  Rallus quaticus

Spotted Crake  Porzana porzana

Corncrake  Crex crex

Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

Common Coot  Fulica atra

Eurasian Crane  Grus grus

Purple Swamphen  Porphyrio porphyrio

 

Charadriiformes


Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haemantopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

Collared Pratincole  Glareola pratincola

Little Ringed Plover  Charadrius dubius

Northern Lapwing  Vanellus vanellus

Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago

Woodcock  Scolopax rusticola

Common Redshank  Tringa totanus

Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola

Great Skua  Stercorarius skua

Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus

Common Gull  Larus canus

Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus

Herring Gull  Larus argentatus

Common Tern  Sterna hirundo

 

Columbiformes


Wood Pigeon  Columba palumbus

Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto

 

Psittaciformes


Ring-necked Parakeet  Psittacula krameri

 

Cuculiformes


Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

 

Strigiformes


Little Owl  Athene noctua

 

Caprimulgiformes


European Nightjar  Caprimulgus europaeus

 

Apodiformes


Common Swift  Apus apus

 

Coraciiformes


European Bee-eater  Merops apiaster

Hoopoe  Upupa epops

 

Piciformes


Black Woodpecker  Dryocopus martius

Green Woodpecker  Picus viridis

Great Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus major

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus minor

White-backed Woodpecker  Denrocopus leucotos

 

Passeriformes


 Alaudidae


Woodlark  Lullula arborea

Skylark  Alauda arvensis

Hirundinidae


Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica

House Martin  Delichon urbicum

Motacillidae


Rock Pipit  Anthus petrosus

Tree Pipit  Anthus trivialis

Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea

Bombycillidae


Bohemian Waxwing  Bombycilla garrulus

Troglodytidae


Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes

Prunellidae


Dunnock  Prunella modularis

Turdidae


Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Whinchat  Saxicola rubetra

European Stonechat  Saxicola rubicola

Blue Rock Thrush  Monticola solitarius

Blackbird  Turdus merula

Fieldfare  Turdus pilaris

Song Thrush  Turdus philomelos

Redwing  Turdus iliacus

Mistle Thrush  Turdus viscivorus

European Robin  Erithacus rubecula

Thrush Nightingale  Luscinia luscinia

Nightingale  Luscinia megarhynchos

Sylviidae


Cetti's Warbler  Cettia cetti

Zitting Cisticola  Cisticola juncidis

Grasshopper Warbler  Locustella naevia

River Warbler  Locustella fluviatilis

Savi's Warbler  Locustella luscinioides

Aquatic Warbler  Acrocephalus paludicola

Sedge Warbler  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Paddyfield Warbler  Acrocephalus agricola

Blyth's Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus dumetoru

Marsh Warbler  Acrocephalus palustris

Eurasian Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceu

Great Reed Warbler  Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Icterine Warbler  Hippolais icterina

Melodious Warbler  Hippolais polyglotta

Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla

Garden Warbler  Sylvia borin

Barred Warbler  Sylvia nisoria

Lesser Whitethroat  Sylvia curruca

Common Whitethroat  Sylvia communis

Subalpine Warbler  Sylvia cantillans

Sardinian Warbler  Sylvia melanocephala

Tristram's Warbler  Sylvia deserticola

Greenish Warbler  Phylloscopus trochiloides viridanus

Dusky Warbler  Phylloscopus fuscatus

Western Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli

Wood Warbler  Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Common Chiffhcaff  Phylloscopus collybita

Iberian Chiffhcaff  Phylloscopus ibericus

Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus

Goldcrest  Regulus regulus

Firecrest  Regulus ignicapilla

Muscicapidae


Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata

Red-breasted Flycatcher  Ficedula parva

Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula hypoleuca

Aegithalidae


Long-tailed Tit  Aegithalos caudatus

Paridae


European Blue Tit  Cyanistes caeruleus

Great Tit  Parus major

Crested Tit  Lophophanes cristatus

Coal Tit  Periparus ater

Marsh Tit  Poecile palustris

Sittidae


Wood Nuthatch  Sitta europaea

Certhiidae


Eurasian Treecreeper  Certhia familiaris

Short-toed Treecreeper  Certhia brachydactyla

Remizidae


Penduline Tit  Remiz pendulinus

Oriolidae


Golden Oriole  Oriolus oriolus

Laniidae


Red-backed Shrike  Lanius collurio

Great Grey Shrike  Lanius excubitor

Woodchat Shrike  Lanius senator

 

Pycnonotidae


Common Bulbul  Pycnonotus barbatus

Corvidae


Azure-winged Magpie  Cyanopica cyanus

Black-billed Magpie  Pica pica

Eurasian Jackdaw  Corvus monedula

Rook  Corvus frugilegus

Carrion Crow  Corvus corone

Red-billed Chough  Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Alpine Chough  Pyrrhocorax graculus

Sturnidae


Common Starling  Sturnus vulgaris

House Sparrow  Passer domseticus

Spanish Sparrow  Passer hispaniolensis

Fringillidae


Common Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs

African Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs africana

Brambling  Fringilla montifringilla

European Serin Serinus serinus

European Greenfinch   Carduelis chloris

European Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis

Common Linnet  Carduelis cannabina

Common Rosefinch  Carpodacus erythrinus

Common Bullfinch  Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Hawfinch  Coccothraustes coccothraustes

        Emberizidae


Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella

Cirl Bunting  Emberiza cirlus

Reed Bunting  Emberiza schoeniclus

Corn Bunting  Emberiza calandra

House Bunting  Emberiza sahari

 

 


Europe & North Africa - Introduced & Escapes


Monk Parakeet  Myiopsitta monachus

 

 


North America


Gambel's Quail  Callipepla gambelii

Sandhill Crane  Grus canadensis

Common Ground Dove  Columbina passerina

Red-bellied Woodpecker  Melanerpes carolinus

Black-whiskered Vireo  Vireo altiloquus

White-eyed Vireo  Vireo griseus

American Crow  Corvus brachyrhynchos

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  Polioptila caerulea

Northern Mockingbird  Mimus polyglottos

Florida Prairie Warbler  Dendroica discolor paludicola

Palm Warbler  Dendroica palmarum

Northern Cardinal  Cardinalis cardinalis

White-crowned Sparrow  Zonotrichia leucophrys

Red-winged Blackbird  Agelaius phoeniceus

Common Grackle  Quiscalus quiscula

 


Peru


Screaming Piha  Lipaugus vociferans

Coraya Wren  Thryothorus coraya

 


Thailand


White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus

Red Junglefowl  Gallus gallus

 

New Caledonia


Kagu  Rhynochetos jubatus

New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon  Ducula goliath

Silver Gull  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

New Caledonian Crow  Corvus moneduloides

New Caledonian Friarbird  Philemon diemenensis

Long-tailed Triller  Lalage leucopyga montrosieri

Streaked Fantail  Rhipidura verreauxi verreauxi

Barred Honeyeater  Glycifohia undulata

Grey-eared Honeyeater  Lichmera incana

Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis

 

Australia


Australian White Ibis  Threskiornis molucca

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo  Cacatua galerita

Rainbow Lorikeet  Trichoglossus haematodus

Superb Lyrebird  Menura novaehollandiae

Pied Currawong  Strepera graculina

White-browed Scrubwren  Sericornis frontalis

 


Others


Iberian Water Frog  Rana perezi

Marsh Frog  Rana ridibunda

Bush Cricket sp.

 


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