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Eastern Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
Lardia Valley, Lesvos, Greece 39° 13' 40.6" N 26° 01' 42.9" E 19 May 2017 Territorial song from a rocky slope with a dense herb-layer of spiny plants and sparse scrub layer, draining into a larger gorge. Song composed of strophes of two to four seconds interspersed with pauses of around four seconds. Each strophe consisting of a rapid, chattered, continuous warble (Sardinian-like) of churrs, sharp whistles and clicks with occasional slurred wheezy elements. Faster, with an overall higher frequency/pitch than Western Subalpine Warbler (S. inornata). [File
name: easternsubalpinewarbler114456ecut]
Song rate per minute
Lardia Valley, Lesvos, Greece 39° 13' 40.6" N 26° 01' 42.9" E 19 May 2017 Calling from a rocky slope with a dense herb-layer of spiny plants and sparse scrub layer, draining into a larger gorge. Hard, thin chet with possibly quiet creaky wheezes from the other sex of the pair. [File
name: easternsubalpinewarbler114456ecut2]
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