Silberweide Cheatsheet

Images and brief info about song and calls. A total of 11 species is included.
No information about song motif Non-musical Stereotype melodic Non-singer
Name/Image Song mnemonic/description Description
Common kingfisher / Eisvogel (Alcedo atthis)
Eisvogel beim Pfaeffikersee Ein paar sind im Herbst und Winter am Meteorwasserkanal nahe Schellenberger Textil zu sehen. 2020-11-17 10.57.56 Pfäffikersee Profile 		Song Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording ♫ Source: BirdNet 20210822_124621 birdnet 1961 - Common Kingfisher doubtful in the mountains, I thought great tits plus possibly a woodpecker - Common Kingfisher - Ennenda.mp3 2021-08-22 12.46.21 (song)
Calls Common kingfisher call from Xeno-Canto, similar to one from NABU app. Fairly high pitched single chirps or occasional high-low pairs. ♫ Call from Xeno-Canto Source: XENOCANTO XC511677 Common kingfisher call similar to one from NABU app.mp3 (call)

 Calls: Wikipedia says 'The common kingfisher has no song. The flight call is a short, sharp whistle chee repeated two or three times. Anxious birds emit a harsh, shrit-it-it and nestlings call for food with a churring noise.' The NABU app only has calls, which seems to confirm this. Therefore I'm classifying all recordings as calls, even though some say Song at Xeno-Canto. [Link] Calls: Most heard is the thin and penetrating contact call: A short "tzee", or disyllabic "tzee-tzu", with a ringing metallic quality. In excitement it is often alternated with ringing trills "tzeerrrrrrrrrr". [Link]
Little ringed plover / Flussregenpfeifer (Charadrius dubius)
Little Ringed Plovers, Phnom Krom. 2024-03-03 09.12.46 Cambodia Profile 		Song Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording ♫ Source: BirdNet 20220410_111023 birdnet - Flussregenpfeifer - Flussregenpfeifer - Felanitx.mp3 2022-04-10 11.10.23 Mallorca (song)
Calls Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording ♫ XC835676 - Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius - flight call, song - Dundgovi, Mongolia. Source: XENOCANTO XC835676 - Little Ringed Plover - Charadrius dubius - flight call, song - Dundgovi, Mongolia.mp3 (flight call)

 Calls: Common calls are a two syllable "krrll-uuit" with a rising pitch or just a sharp, rolling "krrri-krrri". Also a longer rolling "krree-looo" with pitch rising in first syllable and falling in the second. [Link]
Common tern / Flussseeschwalbe (Sterna hirundo) Profile Song Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording ♫ Source: BirdNet 20200427_140813 birdnet 430 - Common tern.mp3 2020-04-27 14.08.13 Luppmen (song)
 Calls: Lacks latter's high pitched "tip-tip-tip" call, and the drawn out "kree-aaahh" call falls more distinctly in pitch. [Link]
Non-musical
Eurasian green woodpecker / Grünspecht (Picus viridis) Profile Song Spooky laugh. ♫ Source: BirdNet 20201108_143547 birdnet 1072 Alter Zuerichweg - European green woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 2020-11-08 14.35.47 Fehraltorf (song?)
Calls Hysterical laughter. 7-8 loud urgent slightly falling notes, reminding me of George of the Jungle's dooky dooky bird for some reason. ♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC627157 Gruenspecht laughing call.mp3 (call)

 Song: Helles Lachen. Weiche, oft leicht abfallende Tonreihe. Variabel in Lautstärke und Silbenzahl. je nach Stimmung. Wenn abfallend dann vom Anfang der Rufreihe an. Auch dreisilbig „kiäckkiäckkiäck“. [Link] Song: Song similar to Grey-headed Woodpecker, but not as soft and fluty. Each phrase consist of a series of short "klee", with a laughing quality. Pitch drops slightly throughout the phrase, but not as markedly as in Grey-headed, and tempo is fairly constant (no ritardando). [Link] Calls: Short "kek" calls when excited and in flight. Drumming of 1.5 seconds duration with decelerating tempo, but not often heard. Another call is similar to Black Woodpecker; a series of resonant "klit-klit-klit-klit-klit-klit", but is less clear, has a more determined start and has less obvious rising pitch at the end of each syllable. [Link]
Stereotype melodic
Barn swallow / Rauchschwalbe (Hirundo rustica)
Barn swallow. 2022-05-05 09.41.44 Maryland Profile 		Song General: Squeaky with occasional buzzes, usually heard in flock.
Song: Kann melodisch sein wenn einzeln gehört statt viele zusammen. [Link] ♫ XC768452 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - song recorded in Denmark, rare recording with just a single bird. Source: XENOCANTO XC768452 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - song recorded in Denmark, rare recording with just a single bird.mp3 (song)

 Good to know: Die langen Schwanzfedern vom Rauchschwalbe und anderen geben auch dem Schmetterling Schwalbenschwanz seine deutschen Namen. Appearance and identification: Rauchschwalbes Bauch ist etwas braun rot, nicht weiss wie der von der Mehlschwalbe - was wahrscheinlich Quelle der zwei Namen ist. [Link] Song: Characteristic calls and song. Song a sparkling, squeaky energetic improvisation with interspersed contact calls, often with diagnostic ending; an electric and drawn-out "su-eerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr". [Link] Calls: Contact call a short and sharp "weet" or "kee-weet". [Link]
No information about song motif
Common sandpiper / Flussuferläufer (Actitis hypoleucos)
MerlinBirdID meint Flussuferläufer. 2022-09-04 07.49.06 Neeracherried Profile 		Calls: Very vocal with characteristic repertoire of very high-pitched calls. Often heard is a disyllabic call, drawn out and slightly rising in pitch in the second part. This is often repeated in a series of rising tones in a cyclic manner, with approx 5 tones in each cycle. [Link]
Non-singer
Northern lapwing / Kiebitz (Vanellus vanellus)
Kiebitz, Neeracher Ried. 2021-02-24 12.46.02 Neeracherried Profile 		Song This birds doesn't sing, only calls. Calls: Ruf ist entweder mhhhh oder Bogen-artiges hoch und runter. [Link] Calls: Territorial call: Dry, introductory phrases followed by drawn-out mewing sounds; "wyrrr-peeeoo-weeep". Alarm call "pee-wit". [Link]
No information about song motif
Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)
Mittelmeermoewe frisst Muschel. 2021-03-07 12.41.04 Profile
Green sandpiper / Waldwasserläufer (Tringa ochropus)
Waldwasserlaeufer. 2023-07-08 19.09.34 Neeracherried Profile 		Calls: Sharp, penetrating calls. Display call a high-pitched "kee-kleeoo-eet", continuously repeated with a wave-like motion in pitch. Other common calls have similar timbre and tone with different phrasing like; "klooeett -klee-klee-klee-klee-klee" and a rising pitch. [Link]
Water rail / Wasserralle (Rallus aquaticus)
Wasserralle im schilf am pfaeffikersee. 2021-02-15 08.33.30 Pfäffikersee Profile 		Song: Most heard is the territorial song consisting of short, nasal, sharp grunts "tuck- tuck-tuck", ending with a drawn-out trill rising and falling in pitch "kiiiieeerrrr". [Link] Calls: Another diagnostic call is heard from excited birds; a longer pig-like shrilling squeal, with waning repetitions. A bit like someone squeezing a rubber toy. Also short and sharp calls "kvii". [Link]
Little bittern / Zwergdommel (Ixobrychus minutus)
Zwergdommel Weibchen (gestreift), Neeracherried. 2022-09-04 09.00.22 Neeracherried Profile 		Calls Almost a bark, low-pitched, little treble. Song: Song is a series of short, deep, frog-like "gorrk", repeated every 2 seconds. Tone is muffled and hollow, but far-carrying. [Link] Calls: Flight-call a sharp "ki-ke-ke" or a nasal "ke". [Link]