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 Western Bonelli's Warbler  Phylloscopus bonelli

Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  36° 9' 35.16" N  5° 34' 55.40" W  

15 Apr 2019, 1421h

Territorial song from cork oak woodland: ~ 0.7 sec trill composed of 8-10 elements. Singing at a rate of 6 strophes/min. Note subtle variation between trills.

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Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  

36° 9' 35.16" N  5° 34' 55.40" W  3 Apr 2012, 1421h

Territorial song from cork oak woodland. Note long time intervals between strophes.

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Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain

36° 08' 46.8" N   05° 34' 58.2" W  11 Apr 2011, 1307h

Territorial song from cork oak woodland. Strophes repeated 5-6 times per minute (background chaffinches edited from sonogram).

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Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain

36° 08' 46.8" N   05° 34' 58.2" W  15 Apr 2015

Calls from two birds in pursuit of each other, in shrub layer of cork oak woodland.

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Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain  24 Apr 2009

Territorial song - single verse/strope. A short trill of just less than 1 second. Bird constantly feeding and moving through the scrub layer of open cork oak woodland while pausing to sing at a rate of 4 phrases/min.

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