BirdLife Birds of the Year

Every year the public will be made more aware of a special bird.

Bird of the year 2025:

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)


Rotkehlchen - sie singen endlich wieder. 2021-10-24 09:57:40 Neeracherried

Video

YouTube: European robin alarm calls
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♫ 2020-04-28 05:25:07 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:53 Source: BirdNet 2020-04-12 12.09.53 birdnet_observation_163 Rotkehlchen Mesikon.mp3 Mesikon (song?)

♫ 2025-10-19 09:03:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2026-02-28 08:46:20 Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:08:44 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-10-15 18:55:36 Source: BirdNet 20201015_185536 birdnet 1000 - European robin - Besazio.mp3 Besazio (song?)

♫ 2020-05-20 11:00:39 Source: BirdNet 20200520_110039 birdnet 526 - European robin.mp3 Pfäffikersee (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 08:49:51 Source: BirdNet 20200603_084951 birdnet 574 robin had same range as mystery peep, - European robin.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2025-06-01 11:30:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-05-19 15:02:49 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-01 11:59:52 Source: BirdNet 20200501_115952 birdnet 451 im Wald zwischen Usterstrasse und - European robin.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-10-24 09:59:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Neeracherried (song?)

♫ 2025-03-06 11:53:48 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wetzikon (song)

♫ 2020-06-18 11:50:41 Source: BirdNet 20200618_115041 birdnet 679 highly uncertain Rasa hike - European robin.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 10:34:36 Source: BirdNet 20200507_103436 birdnet 464 i thought Nightingale or something exotic w - European robin.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-30 13:43:50 Source: BirdNet 20201030_134350 birdnet 1057 one note call - European robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2025-08-19 10:49:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-10-18 10:05:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2020-06-27 15:50:16 Source: BirdNet 20200627_155016 birdnet 718 wild guess European robin - No confident detection.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-09 10:34:24 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC139085 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - hawk alarm call from Paul Driver.mp3 (alarm call)

♫ 2021-07-03 08:18:30 Source: BirdNet 20210703_081830 birdnet 1792 - European Robin plus Eurasian Nuthatch, see also longer recording - European Robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 09:27:41 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 13:06:06 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:20:34 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-07-17 09:36:55 Source: BirdNet 20210717_093655 birdnet 1815 - European Robin is wrong, actually Eurasian Blackbird, swoop at around 7KHz - European Robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-07 10:08:47 Luppmen (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC192924 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - German recordist Johannes Buhl calls it schnickern.mp3 (call)


♫ 2025-11-20 17:01:54 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-10-24 09:11:32 Source: BirdNet 20211024_091132 birdnet 2020 - Rotkehlchen - 2021-10-24 09:11:32 - Rotkehlchen - Neerach.mp3 Neeracherried (song?)

♫ 2020-05-24 14:50:51 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-13 14:50:20 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-12-15 11:12:34 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-19 15:51:25 Source: BirdNet 20200519_155125 birdnet 517 - European robin.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-10-16 11:59:46 Source: BirdNet 20201016_115946 birdnet 1004 en route to Tremona - European robin - Tremona.mp3 Tremona (song?)

♫ 2025-10-05 09:04:00 Levanto (song?)

♫ 2021-01-05 07:37:21 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-10-07 09:08:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-28 05:32:39 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-10-05 08:32:08 Source: BirdNet 20201005_083208 birdnet 967 water dripping call is robin - European robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2025-10-31 14:37:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-10-15 18:56:07 Source: BirdNet 20201015_185607 birdnet 1001 wild guess European robin - No confident detection - Besazio.mp3 Besazio (song?)

♫ 2025-04-21 09:17:26 Source: Zoom H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (call)

♫ 2020-10-30 17:45:36 Source: BirdNet 20201030_174536 birdnet 1063 little melody almost like bb - European robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-19 15:49:30 Source: BirdNet 20200519_154930 birdnet 516 kleiber? plus Rotkehlchen? - Eurasian nuthatch.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-31 08:37:00 Wildert Weiher (call)

♫ 2020-09-30 15:59:19 Source: BirdNet 20200930_155919 birdnet 953 Pfäffikersee high call almost certain European robin.mp3 Pfäffikersee (call)

♫ 2020-04-23 08:50:21 Source: BirdNet 20200423_085021 birdnet 386 I'd say robin, buchfink, crow in bg - European robin.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-03-07 06:12:02 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-08-31 08:35:00 Wildert Weiher (call)

♫ 2020-06-23 18:20:41 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-06-11 13:13:16 Source: BirdNet 20200611_131316 birdnet 608 - European robin.mp3 Sils (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC350243 european robin ticking call.mp3 (call)

♫ 2020-09-14 10:27:09 Source: BirdNet 20200914_102709 birdnet - European robin - Levanto.mp3 Levanto (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC782997 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - song recorded in Italy.mp3 Italy (song)


♫ 2020-06-23 18:19:45 Source: BirdNet 20200623_181945 birdnet 709 plus Rotkehlchen, very nice and melodic - Common wood pigeon.mp3 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 10:22:55 Source: BirdNet 20200603_102255 birdnet 584 id have said rotkehlchen - Spotted flycatcher.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-15 18:55:07 Source: BirdNet 20201015_185507 birdnet 999 plus European robin - the birds are singing - Common blackbird - Besazio.mp3 Besazio (song?)

♫ 2023-02-21 11:38:44 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2021-10-24 09:54:35 Source: BirdNet 20211024_095435 birdnet 2027 - Rotkehlchen Ruf - 2021-10-24 09:54:35 - Rotkehlchen - Neerach.mp3 Neeracherried (call)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:42:44 Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2020-10-15 18:54:40 Source: BirdNet 20201015_185440 birdnet 998 - European robin - Besazio.mp3 Besazio (song?)

♫ 2020-07-10 15:23:43 Source: BirdNet 20200710_152343 birdnet 780 - European robin.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-03-07 08:00:16 Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 17:15:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-10-30 13:41:29 Source: BirdNet 20201030_134129 birdnet 1056 plus goldcrest uncertain to analyze - European robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 09:17:52 Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (call)

♫ 2020-06-03 08:49:13 Source: BirdNet 20200603_084913 birdnet 573 - European robin.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-17 12:17:32 Source: BirdNet 20201017_121732 birdnet 1016 - European robin - Meride.mp3 Meride (song?)

♫ 2025-11-20 17:02:37 Switzerland (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC512416 - European Robin - Erithacus rubecula - named tsii or alarm call by recordist Marcin Solowiej in Poland.mp3 (alarm call)


♫ 2020-05-07 11:36:40 Source: BirdNet 20200507_113640 birdnet 474 - European robin.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-16 12:29:14 Source: BirdNet 20201016_122914 birdnet 1008 wild guess European robin - No confident detection - Tremona.mp3 Tremona (song?)

♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:53 Source: BirdNet 20200412_120953 birdnet - European robin.mp3 Mesikon (song?)

♫ 2020-07-01 07:58:29 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-01-03 07:06:12 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-18 11:47:47 Source: BirdNet 20200618_114747 birdnet 678 highly uncertain Rasa hike - European robin.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2019-06-04 12:36:07 Source: BirdNet 2019-06-04 12.36.07 virtuoso at 0, 30 sec BirdNet says Zaunkoenig evtl Rotkehlchen, auch Zilpzalp.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 05:27:42 Source: BirdNet 20200422_052742 birdnet 339 descending robin song - European robin.mp3 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2024-04-08 05:36:18 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:38:10 Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2025-09-06 15:12:00 Hirzli (call)

♫ 2021-02-25 10:15:19 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-02-24 15:56:58 Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-10-15 18:56:45 Source: BirdNet 20201015_185645 birdnet 1002 - European robin - Besazio.mp3 Besazio (song?)

♫ 2024-05-01 05:05:36 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 09:25:00 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-10-22 13:59:00 Source: BirdNet 20201022_135900 birdnet 1028 they're chirping here too - European robin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2023-02-11 08:36:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 08:50:21 Source: BirdNet 20200423_085021 birdnet 386 I'd say robin, buchfink, crow in bg - European robin - buchfink removed.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-27 16:40:53 Source: BirdNet 20200627_164053 birdnet 726 european robin call and response - European robin.mp3 Alpweg (call)

♫ 2020-05-19 15:22:53 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-09-14 10:27:13 Source: BirdNet 20200914_102713 birdnet 934 highly uncertain - European robin - Levanto.mp3 Levanto (song?)

♫ 2020-09-14 10:26:46 Source: BirdNet 20200914_102646 birdnet 921 wild guess European robin - Not analyzed - Levanto.mp3 Levanto (song?)

♫ 2024-10-31 17:13:00 Source: BIRDWEATHER 20241031_171300-Birdweather-European_Robin.mp3 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 12:06:13 Source: BirdNet 20200507_120613 birdnet - European robin.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC523287 european robin sii call.mp3 (call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC496627 European robin srii call.mp3 (call)


♫ 2026-02-26 09:38:16 Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2026-04-29 17:59:18 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:15:12 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

Bird of the year 2024:

Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)


Zwergtaucher, Bannriet. 2024-06-21 08:22:26 Bannriet, SG Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC648836 - Little Grebe song in South Africa, sounds like what I heard in Altstaetten - Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis.mp3 (song)


♫ 2024-06-20 19:23:00 Bannriet, SG (call)

Bird of the year 2023:

Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)

Alternate classification: Notiocichla palustris

Sumpfrohrsänger wahrscheinlich. 2021-05-04 08:12:50 Flachsee am Reuss Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-04-27 14:29:30 Source: BirdNet 20200427_142930 birdnet 433 badi auslikon - Eurasian reed warbler.mp3 Auslikon (song?)

♫ 2022-06-04 12:04:18 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ 2024-06-07 16:53:07 Fehraltorf (song?)

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♫ 2022-06-04 10:51:40 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ 2023-06-13 12:10:12 Source: Zoom H6/H2n (song)

♫ 2025-06-13 12:31:16 Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song)

♫ 2023-06-13 12:04:28 Source: Zoom H6/H2n (song)

♫ 2022-06-04 10:38:53 Source: BirdNet 20220604_103853 birdnet - Sumpfrohrsänger - Benken.mp3 Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ 2025-06-13 12:46:20 Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song)

♫ 2022-06-04 12:42:16 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:17:08 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song)

♫ 2022-06-23 17:17:48 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2022-06-04 12:09:32 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC728884 - Marsh Warbler - Acrocephalus palustris - song.mp3 (song)


♫ 2022-06-04 11:22:04 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ 2022-06-04 12:23:10 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Kaltbrunner-Riet (song?)

♫ 2025-06-13 12:51:00 Wildert (song?)

Bird of the year 2022:

Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Also known as: Eurasian sky lark

Feldlerche auf einer Sonnenblume, Neunkirch. 2023-07-16 10:19:38 Neunkirch, Schaffhausen Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia Feldlerche XN_Alauda_arvensis.ogg (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC685846 - Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis - song, recorded in France.mp3 (song)


♫ 2022-06-25 08:22:24 Source: BirdNet 20220625_082224 birdnet - Feldlerche im Maisfeld bei La Sauge - birdnet_mobile_5867288364_recording_3659.mp3 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2022-06-25 08:35:36 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC772869 - Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis - flight call.mp3 (flight call)


♫ Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia Feldlerche XN_Alauda_arvensis.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2022-06-25 08:39:30 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2023-07-16 09:40:14 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Neunkirch, Schaffhausen (song?)

♫ 2022-06-25 09:25:21 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2022-06-25 08:32:30 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC618777 - Eurasian Skylark - Alauda arvensis arvensis - call, kind of a short melody.mp3 (call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC946652 - Eurasian Skylark one-note swooping flight call - Alauda arvensis.mp3 (flight call)

Bird of the year 2021:

Little owl (Athene noctua)

Alternate classification: Strix noctua

Wikipedia: Little owl Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Mochuelo_Com%C3%BAn_%28_Athene_noctua_%29%281%29.jpg Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto NABU YouTube

Bird of the year 2020:

Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)


Neuntöter im Apfelbaum beim Bauernhof Friedliweid. 2024-08-03 17:39:44 Friedliweid Profile Wikipedia Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2022-06-04 13:16:17 Source: BirdNet 20220604_131617 birdnet - Neuntöter - Uznach.mp3 Uznach (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC386987 - Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio - song with mimicry.mp3 (song)


♫ 2022-06-25 08:47:59 Source: BirdNet 20220625_084759 birdnet - Neuntöter - Brot-Dessous.mp3 La Sauge (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC386987 - Red-backed Shrike - Lanius collurio - song.mp3 (song)

Bird of the year 2019:

Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)


Kiebitz im Flug, Wauwilermoos. 2022-06-22 15:07:12 Wauwilermoos Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto NABU YouTube
♫ 2025-05-16 19:42:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-05-16 19:34:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC801017 - Northern Lapwing - Vanellus vanellus - bizarre-sounding call.mp3 (call)

Bird of the year 2018:

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Also known as: Peregrine

Wikipedia: Peregrine falcon Source: WIKIPEDIA Falco_peregrinus_good_-_Christopher_Watson.jpg Profile Wikipedia A-Z Animals Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC942609 - Peregrine Falcon call - Falco peregrinus.mp3 (call)

Bird of the year 2017:

White-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)


Wasseramsel in Andermatt. 2025-06-14 10:07:13 Andermatt Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ Wonderfully weird sequence of chirps, cheeps, growls with repeated elements. Source: XENOCANTO XC512901-Wasseramsel.mp3 (song?)


♫ Sequence of monotone chirps. At XC it says wing flutter is also audible. Source: XENOCANTO XC528686-Wasseramsel call.mp3 (flight call)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC883371 - White-throated Dipper - Cinclus cinclus - squeaky, rhythmic call.mp3 (call)

Bird of the year 2016:

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Alternate classification: Picoides major

Buntspecht in Wildert. 2024-08-31 10:29:52 Wildert Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:34 Source: BirdNet 2020-04-12 12.09.34 birdnet_mobile_observation_162 Buntspecht im Wald Mesikon.mp3 Mesikon (song?)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:50:47 Source: BirdNet 20201008_155047 birdnet 981 i was skeptical but it matches the nabu - Great spotted woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:57:28 Source: BirdNet 20210814_095728 birdnet 1937 - Great Spotted Woodpecker xxxx, also heard drumming - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (drumming)

♫ 2026-03-07 08:38:42 Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2025-03-09 10:34:24 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:50:54 Source: BirdNet 20210814_095054 birdnet 1934 - Great Spotted Woodpecker, two call back and forth - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-10-21 15:13:08 Source: BirdNet 20201021_151308 birdnet 1021 Reitenbachholzweg bei Rumlikon - Buntspecht.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-10-16 14:27:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-10-31 14:09:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-10-21 15:13:08 I looked for similar calls at XenoCanto for great spotted woodpeckers, red kites and kestrels, since I heard woodpeckers in those woods and saw the kites and kestrels nearby. I was pleased to find that it's a black woodpecker, which I had heard once or twice before but not been able to identify. Source: BirdNet 20201021_151308 birdnet 1021 Reitenbachholzweg bei Rumlikon - Black woodpecker plus great spotted woodpecker - Oberreitenbachholzweg, Rumlikon.mp3 Oberreitenbachholzweg, Rumlikon (song?)

♫ 2025-10-16 13:58:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-11-08 16:02:44 Source: BirdNet 20201108_160244 birdnet 1075 chirpy call, coal tit in background - Great spotted woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2026-02-24 16:11:26 Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (drumming)

♫ 2025-03-22 09:08:40 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:25:21 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

♫ 2024-11-18 16:36:37 Wildert (call)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:26:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2023-06-13 12:53:22 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wald bei Speck (song)

♫ 2024-08-31 09:31:25 Wildert (drumming)

♫ 2020-06-22 16:54:04 Source: BirdNet 20200622_165404 birdnet 695 identify, i have doubts about woodpecker - Great spotted woodpecker.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:57:28 Source: BirdNet 20210814_095728 birdnet 1937 - Great spotted woodpecker, heard slow drumming - Not analyzed - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (drumming)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC129590 Great Spotted Woodpecker call.mp3 (call)


♫ 2026-03-07 08:00:16 Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2024-12-18 13:38:00 Wildert Weiher (song?)


♫ 2025-03-09 09:09:08 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:34 Source: BirdNet 20200412_120934 birdnet 110 - Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2020-04-12 - Great Spotted Woodpecker - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2023-02-23 17:17:08 Source: Zoom H6/H2n (song)

♫ 2024-08-31 08:48:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2024-12-18 13:29:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-04-12 12:09:34 Source: BirdNet 20200412_120934 birdnet - Great spotted woodpecker.mp3 Mesikon (song?)

♫ 2025-08-16 08:05:00 Source: OTHER 2025-08-16 08_05 Sieben Vogelarten von der blauen Bank aufgenommen, ab 4.5 Minuten ein Buntspecht.mp3 (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC625181 buntspecht drumming.mp3 (drumming)


♫ 2024-08-17 08:33:00 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-01-10 15:03:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-10-22 15:35:31 Source: BirdNet 20201022_153531 birdnet 1033 highly uncertain plus buntspecht - Long-tailed tit - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-11-18 16:34:00 Wildert Weiher (call)

♫ 2024-08-31 09:23:00 Wildert (call)

♫ 2026-02-27 15:52:00 Pfäffikersee (song?)

♫ 2026-03-07 08:33:34 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-09-08 07:52:00 Fehraltorf (song?)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC200059 Great spotted woodpecker call.mp3 (call)


♫ 2024-12-18 14:08:00 Wildert (call)


♫ 2026-04-29 17:59:18 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

Bird of the year 2015:

House sparrow (Passer domesticus)


MerlinBirdID suggests a Spanish sparrow, Italian sparrow or House sparrow. 2022-04-12 15:18:40 Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-04-25 06:50:27 Source: BirdNet 20200425_065027 birdnet 402 - House sparrow.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-09-18 13:38:00 New Jersey (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 07:12:55 Source: BirdNet 20200507_071255 birdnet 457 - good one note recording - House sparrow.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-08 17:29:00 Pfäffikersee (call)

♫ 2021-02-21 09:45:00 Source: BirdNet 20210221_094500 birdnet 1208 and greenfinch - House Sparrow - Adelboden.mp3 Adelboden (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 16:18:00 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC753974 - House Sparrow - Passer domesticus - song of a single bird, recorded in the UK.mp3 (song)


♫ 2025-05-14 17:26:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-09-18 13:38:00 Merlin suggested additional birds: Fischkrähe, Haussperling. New Jersey (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 16:41:00 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2020-07-25 09:18:27 Source: BirdNet 20200725_091827 birdnet 825 chittering could be alarm call, - House sparrow.mp3 Luppmen (alarm call)

♫ 2024-06-18 08:35:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2026-04-28 15:13:38 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-04-13 08:20:26 Source: BirdNet 20200413_082026 birdnet - House sparrow.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-15 10:51:08 Source: BirdNet 20200415_105108 birdnet_mobile_5867288364_recording_260 says great tit, house sparrow and european pied flycatcher but latter is an error.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-06-01 11:25:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-08-06 09:04:55 Source: BirdNet 20200806_090455 birdnet 853 typical chirping - contact calls? 2-5 KHz - House sparrow.mp3 Luppmen (contact call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC943040 - House Sparrow one-note swoop call - Passer domesticus.mp3 (call)


♫ 2020-03-31 08:16:20 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2024-04-08 05:36:18 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-04-01 10:18:28 Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-13 08:20:50 Source: BirdNet 20200413_082050 birdnet - House sparrow.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2023-02-11 08:36:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2023-02-28 14:33:44 Source: Zoom H6/H2n (call)

♫ 2024-11-01 06:59:53 Source: BIRDWEATHER 20241101_065953-Birdweather-House_Sparrow.mp3 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

Bird of the year 2014:

Long-eared owl (Asio otus)

Alternate classification: Strix otus

Wikipedia: Long-eared owl Source: WIKIPEDIA Long-eared_Owl_-_Kisjuszallas_-_Hungary_S4E0920_%2815671750198%29.jpg Profile Wikipedia A-Z Animals Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube

Bird of the year 2013:

Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

Alternate classification: Oriolus oriolus oriolus

Wikimedia Eurasian golden oriole. Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikimedia Eurasian golden oriole.jpg Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-05-25 14:35:03 Source: BirdNet 20200525_143503 birdnet 544 looking for high falling note, - Eurasian golden oriole.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-23 17:40:15 Source: BirdNet 20200623_174015 birdnet 704 i doubt golden Oriole, need another hypothesis - Eurasian golden oriole.mp3 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC565722 eurasian golden oriole call.mp3 (call)


♫ 2021-05-20 10:51:57 Source: BirdNet 20210520_105157 birdnet 1574 - Eurasian Golden Oriole - 2021-05-20 10= - Eurasian Golden Oriole - Cudrefin.mp3 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC567973 eurasian golden oriole song.mp3 (song)


♫ 2023-06-19 11:18:28 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Bolle di Magadino (song)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:34:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Auslikon (song?)

♫ 2025-06-17 08:14:04 Source: Zoom H2n Freudwil (song?)

♫ 2022-06-19 12:26:59 Source: BirdNet 20220619_122659 birdnet - Pirol, just about 3 notes - 2022-06-19 12:26:59 - Pirol - Flaach.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 09:09:04 Source: BirdNet 20210510_090904 birdnet 1538 - Eurasian Golden Oriole - 2021-05-10 09= - Eurasian Golden Oriole - Locarno.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2010-06-14 12:00:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2021-05-10 09:09:45 Bolle di Magadino (song?)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:34:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song?)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:34:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song)

♫ 2023-06-19 08:22:04 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Bolle di Magadino (song)

Bird of the year 2012:

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Alternate classification: Nannus troglodytes

Zaunkönig im Garten am Bodensee. 2024-01-01 13:32:24 Güttingen Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-06-27 15:59:50 Source: BirdNet 2020-06-27 15.59.50 i think singdrossel birdnet thought zaunkönig by alpweg.mp3 Alpweg (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC916662 - Eurasian Wren song in China - Troglodytes troglodytes.mp3 (song)


♫ 2020-04-23 09:58:19 Source: BirdNet 20200423_095819 birdnet - Eurasian wren.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-23 08:25:04 Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:31:34 Source: BirdNet 20200427_133134 birdnet 424 plus blackbird - Eurasian wren.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-02-10 09:11:00 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2026-03-07 08:38:42 Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2025-02-08 12:41:00 Rapperswil (song?)

♫ 2024-05-20 08:38:44 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) (song?)

♫ 2025-03-09 09:14:50 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-17 08:05:25 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:43:19 Source: BirdNet 20210814_094319 birdnet 1933 - Eurasian Wren, check call of invisible bird - Eurasian Wren - Uster.mp3 Uster (call)

♫ 2019-07-07 11:41:41 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-04-13 08:07:48 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:48:15 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:16:30 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:47:03 Source: BirdNet 20200603_094703 birdnet 581 - Eurasian wren.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:18:10 Source: BirdNet 20201008_151810 birdnet 974 saw bird, probably really a wren, - Eurasian wren - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 10:43:48 Source: BirdNet 20200507_104348 birdnet 465 before said wild guess treecreeper - Eurasian wren.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-05-13 08:05:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-02-25 15:48:06 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:28:12 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC554714-Zaunkoenig song.mp3 (song)

♫ 2024-11-01 06:38:22 Source: BIRDWEATHER 20241101_063822-Birdweather-Eurasian_Wren.mp3 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2019-06-04 12:36:07 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-22 09:08:40 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2020-11-30 16:56:23 Source: BirdNet 20201130_165623 birdnet 1098 it also says maybe mistle thrush - Eurasian wren - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:48:15 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2023-02-21 12:21:50 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:43:19 Source: BirdNet 20210814_094319 birdnet 1933 - Eurasian Wren, two note check call - Eurasian Wren - Uster.mp3 Uster (call)

♫ 2025-06-17 08:05:30 Source: Zoom H2n Freudwil (song)

♫ 2020-07-01 07:13:26 Alpweg (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:57:24 Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (call)

♫ 2020-11-30 21:40:16 Source: BirdNet 20201130_214016 birdnet 1099 says maybe Eurasian wren - Mistle thrush - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-06-09 07:15:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-09-06 11:33:00 Hirzli (call)

♫ 2025-03-29 07:03:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2022-06-19 11:48:31 Source: BirdNet 20220619_114831 birdnet - Zaunkönig - Rüdlingen.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2024-08-07 08:17:00 Thon, Schwanden (call)

♫ 2020-11-30 21:40:29 Source: BirdNet 20201130_214029 birdnet 1100 - Eurasian wren - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-06-25 08:38:18 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Mettmenalp, GL (song)


♫ 2023-06-13 12:53:22 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wald bei Speck (song)

♫ 2025-03-08 08:46:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-05-19 07:25:03 Source: BirdNet 20210519_072503 birdnet 1558 - Eurasian Wren - 2021-05-19 07:25:03 - Eurasian Wren - Cudrefin.mp3 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2025-03-15 09:52:04 Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-03 11:29:30 Source: BirdNet 20240803_112930-birdnet_mobile_5502070209_recording_42 Zaunkönig, Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-07-20 13:59:25 Source: BirdNet 20210720_135925 birdnet 1821 - Eurasian Wren, tree creeper or nuthatch seen - Eurasian Wren - Weisslingen.mp3 Weisslingen (song?)

♫ 2019-07-07 11:41:41 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 11:52:49 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2025-06-08 08:07:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC195946 - Eurasian Wren call - Troglodytes troglodytes.mp3 (call)


♫ 2020-07-01 07:58:29 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2019-06-04 12:36:07 Source: BirdNet 2019-06-04 12.36.07 virtuoso at 0, 30 sec BirdNet says Zaunkoenig evtl Rotkehlchen, auch Zilpzalp.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-04 09:20:32 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-07-14 16:03:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 10:36:53 Source: BirdNet 20210510_103653 birdnet 1541 - Eurasian Wren - 2021-05-10 10:36:53 - Eurasian Wren - Locarno.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2023-02-21 12:23:46 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:40:36 Source: BirdNet 20200425_084036 birdnet 409 - Eurasian wren.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:12:31 Source: BirdNet 20200425_081231 birdnet 406 - Eurasian wren.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:40:36 Source: BirdNet 20200425_084036 birdnet 408 - Eurasian wren.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-31 09:18:00 Wildert (call)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:33:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2024-09-08 08:25:00 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-03-29 11:16:16 Source: BirdNet 20210329_111616 birdnet 1332 - Eurasian Wren - 2021-03-29 11:16:16 - Eurasian Wren - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:36:53 Source: BirdNet 20200603_093653 birdnet 579 - Eurasian wren.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-05-13 08:09:34 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-06-27 16:05:47 Alpweg (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:47:52 Source: BirdNet 20200427_134752 birdnet 428 - Eurasian wren.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC555640-Zaunkönig_10-Sekunden song.mp3 (song)

♫ 2025-03-23 07:25:04 Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song)

♫ 2023-02-21 12:29:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:15:12 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

Bird of the year 2011:

Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)


Schwarzspecht in Wildert Naturschutzgebiet. 2024-12-18 14:30:58 Wildert Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-10-21 15:13:08 I looked for similar calls at XenoCanto for great spotted woodpeckers, red kites and kestrels, since I heard woodpeckers in those woods and saw the kites and kestrels nearby. I was pleased to find that it's a black woodpecker, which I had heard once or twice before but not been able to identify. Source: BirdNet 20201021_151308 birdnet 1021 Reitenbachholzweg bei Rumlikon - Black woodpecker plus great spotted woodpecker - Oberreitenbachholzweg, Rumlikon.mp3 Oberreitenbachholzweg, Rumlikon (song?)

♫ 2026-05-24 20:42:00 Source: Zoom H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC549818 Black woodpecker flight call.mp3 (flight call)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:25:21 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC553023 Black woodpecker drumming.mp3 (drumming)

♫ Source as noted in xeno-canto: Recordist Bodo Sonnenburg 2021-10-11 07:26 Latitude 52.2333 Longitude 13.8365 Location Oder-Spree (near Storkow (Mark)), Brandenburg Country Germany Elevation 40 m Source: XENOCANTO XC679746 - Black Woodpecker - Dryocopus martius.mp3 (song?)


♫ 2025-03-04 09:26:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC554337 Black woodpecker song.mp3 (song)

Bird of the year 2010:

Common house martin (Delichon urbicum)

Alternate classification: Delichon urbica
Also known as: Northern House Martin, Common house-martin, Common house-martin, Western house-martin, Northern house martin

MerlinBirdID meint Mehlschwalbe. 2022-05-21 10:11:56 Leuk Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-08-10 14:45:28 Source: BirdNet 20200810_144528 birdnet 864 flight call - Common house martin.mp3 Luppmen (flight call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC742347 - Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum - flight call, recorded in Spain.mp3 Spain (flight call)


♫ 2021-05-10 08:00:54 Source: BirdNet 20210510_080054 birdnet 1529 - Common House-Martin, starts with common redstart - Common House-Martin - Gambarogno.mp3 Gambarogno (song?)

♫ 2025-09-02 19:47:00 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2021-08-01 15:57:37 Source: BirdNet 20210801_155737 birdnet 1878 - Common House-Martin half way to Illnau, shorter tails than rauchmehl, more rounded - Common House-Martin - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC730813 - Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum - song and call according to recordist Fernando Aranguren Jiménez, recorded in Spain.mp3 Spain (song)

Bird of the year 2009:

Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Alternate classification: Motacilla phoenicurus

Vogelwarte zeigt, dass der Gartenrotschwanz eher im Tessin und in Wallis gesehen wird Source: VOGELWARTE Vogelwarte Gartenrotschwanz Dichte 2013-2016.png Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-06-18 07:37:21 Source: BirdNet 20200618_073721 birdnet 673 almost certain - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC551707 - Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus.mp3 (song?)


♫ 2021-07-20 14:40:23 Source: BirdNet 20210720_144023 birdnet 1823 - Common Redstart and chiffchaff both Almost certain, which seems odd given that I see only one bird on sonogram, rather the former - Common Redstart - Weisslingen.mp3 Weisslingen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-15 08:50:03 Source: BirdNet 20200615_085003 birdnet 663 - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-13 08:47:17 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-19 10:09:15 Source: BirdNet 20200619_100915 birdnet 684 wild guess common Redstart - No confident detection.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-09 05:05:48 Source: BirdNet 20210509_050548 birdnet 1509 - Common Redstart - 2021-05-09 05:05:48 - Common Redstart - Muralto.mp3 Muralto (song?)

♫ 2025-05-08 17:59:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France recorded by Julien Rochefort - perhaps this isn't a good example as he writes 'An independent juvenile. Its calls are quite irregular. Difficult to distinguish from Phylloscopus collybita, when they don't insert the "tec tec" calls between "huit ...... huit"! But it was really a phoenicurus phoenicurus juvenile, easy to see, perched 15m from me.' Source: XENOCANTO XC146715 common redstart huit call.mp3 (call)


♫ 2020-06-14 17:58:55 Source: BirdNet 20200614_175855 birdnet 661 - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 05:07:35 Locarno (song)

♫ 2020-06-16 18:16:41 Source: BirdNet 20200616_181641 birdnet 671 almost certain - Common redstart calls.mp3 Locarno (call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC560039 - Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus.mp3 (alarm call)


♫ 2021-05-10 08:00:54 Source: BirdNet 20210510_080054 birdnet 1529 - Common House-Martin, starts with common redstart - Common House-Martin - Gambarogno.mp3 Gambarogno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:24:16 Source: BirdNet 20200613_182416 birdnet 643 plus maybe european goldfinch - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-29 10:47:46 Maienfeld (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:23:56 Source: BirdNet 20200613_182356 birdnet 642 - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-14 17:56:23 Source: BirdNet 20200614_175623 birdnet 658 plus common Redstart - Coal tit.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-19 10:09:15 Source: BirdNet 20200619_100915 birdnet 684 i think common Redstart - No confident detection.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-09-26 09:12:14 Source: BirdNet 20200926_091214 birdnet 948 rising call at luppmen, - Common redstart - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2025-04-25 13:51:02 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 10:25:32 Source: BirdNet 20200423_102532 birdnet 394 same as 393 maybe, - Common redstart.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:40:13 Source: BirdNet 20200427_134013 birdnet 427 redstart uncertain - Common redstart.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-09 05:08:49 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:26:13 Source: BirdNet 20200613_182613 birdnet 648 - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2025-08-13 12:57:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-06-14 17:57:54 Source: BirdNet 20200614_175754 birdnet 660 - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-15 08:50:03 Source: BirdNet 20200615_085003 birdnet 663 i say rather amsel - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

Bird of the year 2008:

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Also known as: Eurasian kestrel

Turmfalke zwischen Fehraltorf und Mesikon. 2021-10-16 15:25:46 Fehraltorf Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2024-09-08 07:37:00 Fehraltorf (song?)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC928672 - Common Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus - calls.mp3 (call)


♫ 2026-04-28 15:13:38 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song)

♫ 2025-02-08 11:34:00 Jona (song?)

♫ 2021-04-21 09:22:14 Source: BirdNet 20210421_092214 birdnet 1466 - Eurasian Kestrel uncertain - Eurasian Kestrel - Pf=C3=A4ffikon.mp3 Pfäffikersee (song?)

Bird of the year 2007:

Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)


Wendehals am Rand des Golfplatzes in Susten. 2022-05-21 10:27:54 Leuk Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2021-05-10 08:28:04 Magadino (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 12:00:48 Source: BirdNet 20210510_120048 birdnet 1544 - Eurasian Wryneck - 2021-05-10 12:00:48 - Eurasian Wryneck - Locarno.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-20 14:22:27 Source: BirdNet 20210520_142227 birdnet 1590 - Eurasian Wryneck - 2021-05-20 14:22:27 - Eurasian Wryneck - Chabrey.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2025-04-24 09:24:52 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2022-04-10 15:15:59 Source: BirdNet 20220410_151559 birdnet - Wendehals - Wendehals.mp3 (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC800958 - Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla.mp3 (song?)


♫ 2025-04-24 09:24:52 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 08:25:23 Source: BirdNet 20210510_082523 birdnet 1534 - Eurasian Wryneck - 2021-05-10 08:25:23 - Eurasian Wryneck - Gambarogno.mp3 Gambarogno (song?)

Bird of the year 2006:

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Alternate classification: Gracula atthis
Also known as: Eisvögel

Endlich wieder ein Eisvogel gesehen. 2024-08-17 08:53:53 Greater Fehraltorf Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC544658-eisvo0655.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2021-08-22 12:46:21 Source: BirdNet 20210822_124621 birdnet 1961 - Common Kingfisher doubtful in the mountains, I thought great tits plus possibly a woodpecker - Common Kingfisher - Ennenda.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2025-04-24 09:24:52 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-11-09 20:20:26 Source: BIRDWEATHER 20241109_202026-Birdweather-Common_Kingfisher questionable call, 2-5 notes at 6k.mp3 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:58:38 Source: BirdNet 20201008_155838 birdnet 983 says almost certain but this is in woods - Common kingfisher - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-12 14:35:44 Source: BirdNet 20201012_143544 birdnet 990 haldenholz - Common kingfisher - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC839045 - Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis - song - Viana do Castelo, Portugal.mp3 (song)


♫ 2024-09-30 07:56:42 Source: BIRDWEATHER 20240930_075642-Birdweather-Common_Kingfisher, questionable call, about 10 notes, the first 4 falling from 9k to 6k.mp3 Shenandoah National Park (call)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC511677 Common kingfisher call similar to one from NABU app.mp3 (call)

Bird of the year 2005:

Common swift (Apus apus)

Alternate classification: Hirundo apus

Mindestens 20 Mauersegler beim Sportfeld in Rapperswil, wo Magnus und die Renegades gespielt haben. 2026-05-16 18:00:30 Rapperswil
Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2024-07-15 15:01:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC813064 - Common Swift song - Apus apus.mp3 (song)


♫ 2025-04-28 07:30:06 Source: Zoom H2n Locarno (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC564619 - Common Swift - Apus apus - calls.mp3 (call)


♫ 2026-04-11 18:47:00 Croatia (song?)

Bird of the year 2004:

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)


Rauchschwalbe braucht eine Coiffeuse. 2025-08-03 16:54:17 Fehraltorf Profile Wikipedia A-Z Animals Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2025-08-31 10:48:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-08-18 13:01:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-07-23 17:13:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2024-09-08 07:37:00 Fehraltorf (song?)


♫ 2020-05-07 09:43:58 Source: BirdNet 20200507_094358 birdnet 459 was wondering about swoop sound, - Barn swallow.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC768452 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - song recorded in Denmark, rare recording with just a single bird.mp3 (song)


♫ 2025-04-28 07:30:06 Source: Zoom H2n Locarno (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC799514 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - not sure, labelled as song?.mp3 (song)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC898815 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - flight call.mp3 (flight call)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC758176 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - song of many swallows is typical to me.mp3 (song)


♫ 2025-08-18 18:05:00 Wildert (song?)

Bird of the year 2003:

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Also known as: Distelfink

Stieglitz. 2024-05-16 10:55:11 Kaltbrunner-Riet Profile Wikipedia eBird Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2021-07-28 12:13:33 Engadin (song?)


♫ 2020-05-19 09:24:22 Futtergruppen sind häufig Bahnhof Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 11:45:23 Source: BirdNet 20200427_114523 birdnet 414 behind Fussball Klub - European goldfinch.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-20 12:35:49 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-29 08:20:42 Source: BirdNet 20200529_082042 birdnet 564 in trees Kempttalstrasse - European goldfinch.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-06-12 17:06:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2025-05-30 18:15:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2021-04-01 12:10:39 Source: BirdNet 20210401_121039 birdnet 1372 - Eurasian Blackcap plus European Goldfinch, San Grato - Eurasian Blackcap - Lugano.mp3 Lugano (song?)

♫ 2020-10-08 16:24:57 Source: BirdNet 20201008_162457 birdnet 984 large flock of birds im Speck Wald, - European goldfinch - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ Adult call recorded in the UK. Source: XENOCANTO XC468566 European Goldfinch call in UK.mp3 (call)


♫ 2025-01-20 14:54:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-07-29 09:10:05 Engadin (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 15:32:46 Source: Zoom H2n Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2020-06-16 15:46:47 Source: BirdNet 20200616_154647 birdnet 670 almost certain - European goldfinch.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-05-19 09:20:08 Source: BirdNet 20200519_092008 birdnet 508 hektisches Melodie Wetzikon bhf - European goldfinch.mp3 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2022-04-10 14:23:39 Source: BirdNet 20220410_142339 birdnet - Stieglitz im Wald bei Es Trenc - Stieglitz.mp3 (song?)

♫ Record in Lège-Cap-Ferret, France byStanislas Wroza and described by him as a 'tik' call and a flight call. Source: XENOCANTO XC526383 European Goldfinch flight call.mp3 (flight call)


♫ 2020-07-06 10:47:48 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-10-31 15:14:59 Source: BIRDWEATHER 20241031_151459-Birdweather-European_Goldfinch.mp3 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-08-07 14:16:00 Betlis (call)

♫ 2024-09-05 13:08:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-04 08:28:51 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-06-18 10:56:56 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song)


♫ 2025-05-14 15:34:20 Source: Zoom H2n Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2024-06-19 08:17:32 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song)


♫ 2025-04-13 08:02:06 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2022-06-22 15:57:54 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wauwilermoos (song?)

♫ 2024-06-17 12:54:50 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song)


♫ 2020-04-27 11:49:59 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-20 12:33:43 Source: BirdNet 20200720_123343 birdnet 816 - European goldfinch.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-09-23 10:07:10 Source: BirdNet 20200923_100710 birdnet 943 great tit seen - European goldfinch - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-08-13 13:01:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2026-03-01 07:52:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-10-27 09:21:57 Source: BirdNet 20201027_092157 birdnet 1052 canary-like chirping - European goldfinch - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-07-26 14:20:35 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-09-25 13:25:39 Source: BirdNet 20200925_132539 birdnet 946 am Luppmen - European goldfinch - Fehraltorf.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:24:16 Source: BirdNet 20200613_182416 birdnet 643 plus maybe european goldfinch - Common redstart.mp3 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 15:33:14 Source: Zoom H2n Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2020-07-01 10:44:53 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-20 14:44:24 Source: BirdNet 20210520_144424 birdnet 1591 - European Goldfinch - 2021-05-20 14:44:24 - European Goldfinch - Chabrey.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2025-06-08 07:33:00 Stromboli (song)

♫ 2025-02-08 10:55:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-05-13 11:54:34 Source: BirdNet 20210513_115434 birdnet 1550 - European Goldfinch - 2021-05-13 11:54:= - European Goldfinch - Muralto.mp3 Muralto (song?)

♫ 2021-08-19 11:38:55 Source: BirdNet 20210819_113855 birdnet 1952 - European Goldfinch - 2021-08-19 11:38:55 - European Goldfinch - Uznach.mp3 Uznach (song?)

♫ 2025-02-08 10:55:00 Jona (song?)

♫ 2020-07-05 18:20:00 Source: BirdNet 2020-07-05 18.20.00 stieglitz meint BirdNet.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC638230 - European Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis.mp3 (song)


♫ 2020-07-01 10:44:04 Source: BirdNet 20200701_104404 birdnet 749 heard in birch tree by luppmen but not seen - European goldfinch.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-06-26 13:50:20 Wildhaus (song?)

♫ 2024-06-19 08:17:32 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song)


♫ 2020-07-05 18:25:12 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2022-06-17 08:42:00 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 08:03:36 Source: BirdNet 20210510_080336 birdnet 1530 - European Goldfinch - 2021-05-10 08:03:= - European Goldfinch - Gambarogno.mp3 Gambarogno (song?)

♫ 2024-08-02 16:46:00 Am Aabach (Robenhausen) (call)

♫ 2024-06-19 08:01:18 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-30 14:06:43 Source: BirdNet 20201030_140643 birdnet 1058 tweet tweet call - European goldfinch - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2024-09-05 13:27:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

Bird of the year 2002:

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)


The most common yellowhammer dialects shown at the yellowhammers.net project - so cool! Most Swiss dialects shown on their map are XlB. In my own recordings so far, I hear (and on the sonograms see) a pause after the initial phrase rather than a higher note. I'd like to follow that further. Source: OTHER Yellowhammers.net dialect graphs.jpg Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia Goldammer XN_Emberiza_citrinella.mp3 (song?)

♫ 2020-07-01 08:11:18 An der Alpweg-Grübenholzweg-Kreuzung Source: BirdNet 20200701_081118 birdnet 745 finally saw the Yellowhammer - Yellowhammer.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-26 18:05:59 Source: BirdNet 20200526_180559 birdnet 551 goldammer oder nicht - No confident detection.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)


♫ 2020-05-26 18:05:16 Source: BirdNet 20200526_180516 birdnet 550 - Yellowhammer.mp3 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-04-26 14:45:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2023-07-16 09:29:00 Neunkirch, Schaffhausen (song)

♫ 2021-04-21 08:37:16 Source: BirdNet 20210421_083716 birdnet 1456 - Yellowhammer, I said Song Thrush - Yellowhammer - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2020-05-29 07:06:42 Source: BirdNet 20200529_070642 birdnet 555 also yellowhammer i think - Eurasian blackcap.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia Goldammer XN_Emberiza_citrinella.ogg (song?)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:45:50 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song)

♫ 2022-06-22 16:39:30 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wauwilermoos (song?)

♫ 2024-07-17 14:31:02 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song)


♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC29721 - Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella - song with XlB dialect, recorded in Cudrefin, Switzerland.mp3 Switzerland (song)


♫ 2025-05-14 15:35:00 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2021-04-27 17:34:26 Source: BirdNet 20210427_173426 birdnet 1488 - Yellowhammer - 2021-04-27 17:34:26 - Yellowhammer - Wetzikon.mp3 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2020-05-29 07:07:21 Source: BirdNet 20200529_070721 birdnet 556 - Yellowhammer.mp3 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-08-01 15:58:17 Source: BirdNet 20210801_155817 birdnet 1879 - Yellowhammer bei Bahnlinie Richtung Illnau - Not analyzed - Fehraltorf.mp3 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-07-17 14:44:13 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song)


♫ 2025-01-10 14:39:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-05-16 20:15:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2023-07-16 09:26:00 Neunkirch, Schaffhausen (song)

♫ 2025-05-14 16:11:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:34:58 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song)

♫ 2024-06-05 09:47:00 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Pfäffikersee (song)

♫ 2022-07-28 11:26:40 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Am Aabach (Robenhausen) (song?)

♫ 2020-07-01 08:09:27 Alpweg (call)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC548502-goldammer-30-sekunden.mp3 (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC444002 - Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus - call in UK, with yellowhammer in background.mp3 (call)


♫ 2024-06-27 18:42:14 Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

Bird of the year 2001:

Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)


Wikipedia Kuckuck, Cuculus canorus. Source: WIKIPEDIA Wikipedia Kuckuck, Cuculus canorus.jpg Profile Wikipedia Vogelwarte BirdLife ZH ornitho.ch bird-song.ch Audubon AllAboutBirds Xeno-Canto BirdID NABU YouTube
♫ 2020-06-14 12:21:24 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2026-05-24 20:42:00 Source: Zoom H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 16:18:00 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 16:53:16 Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-05-04 08:18:36 Flachsee am Reuss (song?)

♫ Source: XENOCANTO XC801215 - Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus.mp3 (song?)