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Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Kindrogan Field Centre, Perthshire, Scotland 56° 44' 45.8" N 03° 32' 49.7" W 7 June 2016 Edited sample of a singing male with three song types, playing A-A-A B-B-B C-C-C. Of 173 song strophes sung in 20 minutes, 78 were type A (medium, 2.49 sec), 50 type B (long, 2.82 sec) and 45 type C (short, 2.11 sec) with 31 switches between each type. [File
name: chaffinch113757ecut]
Rainham Marshes, Essex, England 51° 29' 21" N 000° 13' 53" E 11 Apr 2021 Edited sample of a singing male with three song types, playing A-A-A B-B-B C-C-C. Of 69 song strophes sung in 10 minutes, 47 were type A, 7 of type B and 21 of type C. Some variation in the number of syllables within specific phrases, e.g. phrase-2 on song-A had 5-11 repetitions. Only two songs out of 69 were an exact match. Also some inter-song syllables suggesting song not full crystallised yet. [File
name: chaffinch117619e3cut]
Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England 54° 37' 13" N 003° 04' 53" W 11 June 2019 Chaffinch with two song types, both incorporating the perched call (highlighted in blue) of a Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) as the first syllable in the opening phrase. Repeated twice in most song type 2 strophes. [File
name: chaffinch116167ecut]
Achladeri Forest, Lesvos, Greece 39° 09' 07.7" N 26° 17' 00.7" E 20 May 2017 Territorial song from natural pine forest. [File
name: chaffinch114520ecut]
Song rate per minute
Phillipsreut, Germany 48º 51' 30.1'' N 13º 40' 50.1'' W 25 June 2016 Territorial song from spruce plantation. [File
name: chaffinch113997ecut]
Kindrogan FSC Field Centre, Enochdhu, Perthshire, Scotland 56º 44' 53.7'' N 03º 33' 02.4'' W 11 June 2015 Territorial song composed of two trilling phrases and a terminal flourish from a tree-fall area in a Sitka Spruce plantantion, bordering a slightly more open area with a few Sessile Oaks and Silver Birches. Song perches ranged from 2.5 to 10 metres. This individual had only one song type (~2.2 secs). Of a one hour recording (~263 strophes), it sang for 45 minutes and was silent for 15 mins (5.8 strophes/min during the active singing period). Song matching with neighbours. Subsequent observation failed to locate a female (though possibly incubating). [File
name: chaffinchLS113367ecut]
Mezni Louka, Hrensko, Czech Republic 18 June 2016 Territorial song from mixed spruce and oak. This song type contains a final keek element after the terminal flourish. Remarkably, following a stophe represented in the above sonogram, a Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major) responds with its similar keek call, slightly lower in frequency. This seem to be widespread in eastern Europe, and I've heard it in Estonia, Poland and Finland. I've never heard a terminal keek in the British Isles. [File
name: chaffinch113847ecut]
Taevakoja, Estonia 58° 06' 32.9" N 27° 02' 48.3" E 25 May 2010 Singing from mixed riverine forest at a high rate of 9 strophes per minute. Countersinging with a close neighbour. Including final keek element after the terminal flourish. [File
name: chaffinch0525_072503ecut]
Knockentiber - Springside Disused Railway Line, Ayrshire, Scotland 55º 37' 30.2'' N 04º 33' 8.6'' W 16 May 2010, 0841h Territorial song of three trilling phrases and a terminal flourish from willow scrub: dry, 'unmusical' rendition. [File
name: chaffinch0516084153ecut]
Hornborgasjön, Västergötland, Sweden 58° 19' 18.48" N 13° 31' 28.18" E 4 April 2010 Territorial/advertising song from birch woodland on lake shore: more 'musical' rendition with initial Tree Pipit-like phrase and a terminal Great Spotted Woodpecker-like 'chick' element, characteristic of northern continental birds. [File
name: chaffinch0404111547e]
Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain 36° 08' 46.8" N 05° 34' 58.2" W 8 Apr 2018 Territorial/advertising song from Cork Oak woodland. [File
name: chaffinch114850ecut]
Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain 36° 08' 46.8" N 05° 34' 58.2" W 15 Apr 2019 Territorial/advertising song from Cork Oak woodland. [File
name: chaffinch115763ecut2]
Rainham Marshes, Essex, England 51º 29' 15.35'' N 00º 13' 22.7'' E 16 February 2019 Calls from a bird flying overhead. Short, soft, slightly downslurred joop elements 2.1 to 3.3 kHz. [File
name: chaffinch115318ep]
Regent's Park, London, England 30 January 2011 1338h Typical 'pink-pink' call, probably being used as an alarm here. [File
name: chaffinch0130133816ecut]
Camping Paradijs, Ceske Krumlov 48º 50' 22.6'' N 14º 22' 31.1'' W 25 June 2016 'Rain call' - an alarm call from a breeding male, often transcribed as huit. [File
name: chaffinch113992ecut]
Parque Nacional de Monfragüe, Extremadura, Spain 39° 43' 52.1" N 06° 01' 33.6" W 13 June 2013 Song from hot, dry scub/woodland above the Río Tajo. [File
name: chaffinch111334ecut]
Achladeri Forest, Lesvos, Greece 39° 09' 07.7" N 26° 17' 00.7" E 20 May 2017 'Rain call' - an alarm call from a breeding male in natural pine forest. [File
name: chaffinch114523ecut]
Zebra Zubra, Bialowieza Forest, Poland 52º 42' 33.0'' N 23º 47' 52.5'' E 28 June 2009, 0952h Single verse/strophe of territorial song from a bird singing in mixed forest along the Zebra Zubra trail in Bialowieza Forest; terminal flourish proceeded by a Great Spotted Woodpecker-like 'kick' (common in northern Europe but rare in the British Isles). [File
name: chaffinch280609bialowieza]
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