Bird calls in the Engadin

Decision table for identifying calls
Bird Description Audio

Fichtenkreuzschnabel ■■
. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording
Call: Contact call similar to Parroy Crossbill's "tupp", but is on average higher and less powerful, with a "cut-off" ending. In sum: Parrot Crossbill; hard attack, soft ending, Crossbill: softer attack, cut-off ending. Beware regional variations and overlap in pitch of calls with Parrot. [Link]

Baumpieper ■■
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Call: “psiet“ etwas nach unten gezogen. Auch „zieh“ [Link]
Flight call a short buzzing "tzzzeet". Given at even pitch, and in a fuller tone than Red-Throated Pipit. [Link]

Wiesenpieper ■■
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Call: fast tonlos „ist, ist.“ [Link]
Contact call a short "eest". Similar to Rock Pipit but shorter,cleaner and most often in quick series. Warning call a sharp, high pitched "tzeet". Also a rattling "trrrrt". [Link]
einnotig
stottern/kieseln

Klappergrasmücke ■■
stottern/kieseln einnotig slow low-high (2-7 KHz) . BirdID says: Warning call a hard "check" similar to Blackcap but slightly softer
Call: „tze“ oder „tett“ [Link]
Warning call a hard "check" similar to Blackcap but slightly softer. [Link]
absteigend

Heckenbraunelle ■■
absteigend einnotig fast high (5-7 KHz) . Swooping staccato call 0.5 seconds long heard near Lendikon. Repeated irregularly after 1-3.5 seconds.
Call: Hohe „zi“ „tsi“. Auf dem Zug „zieht“. Etwas absinkend.. [Link]
Contact call a dry, thick trill "trrr", and a short King Fisher-like, high-pitched "zeep". [Link]


Braunkehlchen ■■
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Call: „teck, teck“ (ähnlich wie wenn man zwei Steine zusammen schlägt) [Link]
Contact call resembles many of it relatives. A short, soft "peeu", followed by a hard "check" (like hitting two rocks together). [Link]
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Raspel

Tannenhäher ■■
Raspel einnotig slow low-high (1-10 KHz) . - AlarmrufLike crow or its cousin the Eurasian jay (Eichelhaeher).
Call: Warning call a characteristic dry and rasping "karrr karrr karr" in even pitch. [Link]

Weidenmeise ■■
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Call: Folge v. etwas heiser näselnden „zi zi dääh dääh. (einmalige Laute) [Link]
Call: Most characteristic call a frequently uttered, nasal "ti ti chaa chaa chaa". First notes high pitched and the following lower, coarse, nasal and drawn. Sometimes uttered without the introductory high pitched notes. [Link]

Feldlerche ■■
. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording
Call: Most typical flight call a short trilling "chirrup", with the end note noticeably lower pitched than the start. Also several other more cryptic calls. [Link]

Steinschmätzer ■■
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Call: „Tschack“ auch „hiit“ (saugend) [Link]
Contact and alarm call a high pitched, sharp "weet", followed by a hard "check", like hitting two rocks together. The "weet" sound is much sharper than the similar sound in Whinchat and Stonechat. Wheater usually repeats the "weet" sound more frequently than the "check" sound. The "check" of Stonechat is less pure and more gritty. [Link]
einnotig

Wasseramsel ■■
einnotig slow high (4-7 KHz) . Chirp repeated 1-2s.
Call: Contact call a short, metallic and explosive "zrreet", often betraying its presence perched among boulders or when flying up and down a stream. [Link]

Uebung

Lösung Braunkehlchen
Lösung Fichtenkreuzschnabel

Lösung Wasseramsel XC528686-Wasseramsel call.
Lösung Feldlerche
Lösung Wiesenpieper
Lösung Baumpieper
Lösung Klappergrasmücke

Lösung Heckenbraunelle

Lösung Dreizehenspecht
Lösung Steinschmätzer
Lösung Weidenmeise Willow tit st moritz.

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Bird Description Audio

Ringdrossel ■■
Call: Alarm call a series of "chok-chok". Thicker and more resonant than Redwing. [Link]

Alpenbraunelle ■■
Call: Most common call a noisy "tchrt", often repeated in short, retarding series. Also has a more pleasant, ringing Snow Bunting-like "prrrriitt". [Link]

Zippammer ■■
Call: Recalls stuttering Dunnock. Jerky, uneven thythm and tempo, with fairly large register and recognizible bunting timbre. May include mimicry. Alarm call a thin, short "seeeep", with clipped ending, similar to Cirl Bunting. [Link]

Steinhuhn ■■

Felsenschwalbe ■■

Haubenmeise ■■
Call: Call a characteristic vibrating rolling trill "Trrrrurrrurrrit", with last syllable emphasized and ending with ascending pitch. Often preceded by a couple of introductory "tzi tzi". [Link]

Birkenzeisig ■■
Call: Contact call diagnostic. A chattering "Chutt-utt-utt", with a more metallic and nasal timbre than Linnet and Twite. Other sound includes plaintive call mostly given when perched. Uttered as a continuous sound, but with a disyllabic feel. First part ascending slowly, then faster before it is cut off "tsooeet". [Link]
einfach rhythmisch

Dreizehenspecht ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow low (1-3 KHz) . - TrommelnBehavior: Seine unauffälligen Rufe sind nicht laut und tönen ähnlich wie jene des Buntspechts. [Portrait]