Bird calls in the Engadin

Bird	Description	Audio
Red crossbill ■■	. 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]	♫
Tree pipit ■■	. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording 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]	♫
Meadow pipit ■■	. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording 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]	♫
one note
sputter/pebble-clatter
Lesser whitethroat ■■	sputter/pebble-clatter one note 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]	♫
swoop
Dunnock ■■	swoop one note 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]	♫
Whinchat ■■	. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording 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]	♫
one note
rasp
Spotted nutcracker ■■	rasp one note slow low-high (1-10 KHz) . - alarm callLike crow or its cousin the Eurasian jay (Eichelhaeher). Call: Warning call a characteristic dry and rasping "karrr karrr karr" in even pitch. [Link]
Willow tit ■■	. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording 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]	♫
Eurasian skylark ■■	. 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]	♫
Northern wheatear ■■	. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording 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]	♫
one note
White-throated dipper ■■	one note 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]	♫

Practice

Birds with insufficient information about songs/calls

Bird	Description	Audio
Ring ouzel ■■	Call: Alarm call a series of "chok-chok". Thicker and more resonant than Redwing. [Link]
Alpine accentor ■■	Call: Most common call a noisy "tchrt", often repeated in short, retarding series. Also has a more pleasant, ringing Snow Bunting-like "prrrriitt". [Link]
Rock bunting ■■	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]
Rock partridge ■■
Eurasian crag-martin ■■
European crested tit ■■	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]
Common redpoll ■■	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]
simple rhythmic
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker ■■	simple rhythmic slow low (1-3 KHz) . - drummingBehavior: Seine unauffälligen Rufe sind nicht laut und tönen ähnlich wie jene des Buntspechts. [Portrait]	♫