Bird call classifiers for birds whose songs I'm still learning in 2024, plus quiz

Bird	Description	Audio
Garden warbler ■■	- song. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN Call: Alarm call a hard "check", and a hoarse "tcherr". [Link]	♫
one note
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]	♫
Marsh tit ■■	swoop one note slow high (6-9 KHz) . Falling note, relatively long, sometimes repeated - like the pee below without the choo? Call: Most typical call an explosive, sneeze-like "pee-choo", starting high-pitched and ending on a lower note. Error loading Flash for sound! See sound file . [Link]	♫
Ring ouzel ■■	- song. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. Call: Alarm call a series of "chok-chok". Thicker and more resonant than Redwing. [Link]	♫
one note
Eurasian treecreeper ■■	one note slow high (7-9 KHz) . General: Wikipedia says: The contact call is a very quiet, thin and high-pitched sit, but the most distinctive call is a penetrating tsree, with a vibrato quality, sometimes repeated as a series of notes. Fairly regularly spaced single tseep at 7-9KHz. Call: Contact call a drawn, high-pitched "tzreeee". Similar to Goldcrest in timbre, but of longer duration with a vibrating and slightly rolling tone. Generally repeated in evenly paced, slow series (unlike Goldcrest). [Link] Call: weniger scharf, „srih,“ weniger eindringlich als oben [Link] Contact call a drawn, high-pitched "tzreeee". Similar to Goldcrest in timbre, but of longer duration with a vibrating and slightly rolling tone. Generally repeated in evenly paced, slow series (unlike Goldcrest). Each phrase starts with a few contact call-like notes followed by a Willow Warbler-like descending part, which then jumps to a few descending high notes to form a marked conclusion. Note that "mixed singers" are not uncommon in areas where both species of treecreepers occur. [Link]	♫
White wagtail ■■	one note slow high (3-7 KHz) . bird-song.ch: zweisilbig «zilipp» oder einsilbig «zipp» Call: Contact calls short and sharp. Usually with disyllabic, "bouncing" quality, and with each syllable only accented, not clearly separated from the other (see Grey Wagtail). [Link]	♫
whoop
Common chaffinch ■■	whoop one note slow medium (3-5 KHz) . - rain call. General: Repeated ascending note, faster than the long starling whoops, about 2/seconds - compare with the black redstart. There are many different calls, the Marler book describes the 'chink' call as functioning as a mobbing and separation call. At XenoCanto I find calls described as "ping", "pik" (same thing?), "pchew", "duit", "huit", "ti-huit". Call: Der sogenannte Regenruf der Männchen, „schrrüt“, der selbst in benachbarten Ortsteilen deutlich variieren kann, erklingt nur während der Brutzeit. Als Regenruf wird er bezeichnet, weil er kurz vor oder sogar während des Regens zu hören ist, wenn die anderen Vögel verstummen. [DasHaus]	♫
swoop, rasp
European greenfinch ■■	swoop, rasp one note slow medium (1-5 KHz) . - alarm call. Raspy descending note. XenoCanto submitter of Bavaria called this an alarm call, but it's also called a 'wheeze' and it's part of the song as well. Call: Contact call a fairly resonant "chep-chep", resembling Redpoll, but less nasal and with a fuller tone. Also a sharp, drawn, ascending "kooeee", (perhaps not obviously recognized as a finch). [Link]	♫
sputter/pebble-clatter
Eurasian wren ■■	sputter/pebble-clatter one note slow high (3-8 KHz) . Sputtery/drippy/trilly repeated notes at 3-8 KHz. June 2022 heard check calls that were distinctly irregularly in their rhythm. Call: „zerr“ (z-und rr-gleichzeitig) auch durchdringendes „tzr“(Gezetter) [Link] Warning call a short hard "teck", like banging two rocks together. Often repeated in series when excited to form machine-gun-like "firing". [Link]	♫
stereotype melodic
European goldfinch ■■	stereotype melodic fast low-high (2-8 KHz) . Wild melody (remember these birds are also kept as songbirds in cages. the German name Stieglitz imitates its call (sti-ge-lit) - though I don't hear that! [Link] Call: Other calls: A harsh budgerigar or house martin-like "trrrtt-trrrrt". [Link]	♫
one note
European serin ■■	one note slow medium (1-5 KHz) . - flight call. Call: Ringing trill also used as contact call, with slightly falling pitch "trrilrlitlitlit". Alarm call a short, redpoll-like "weee-eeet", with an accented high-pitched middle part. [Link]	♫
Eurasian bullfinch ■■	one note slow low (2-3 KHz) . - contact call. laconic 1 note call w slight dip? Song NABU 1 parakeet like puppy-dog whining, NABU 2 whistles, 2-syllable peek-a-boo, ... Call: Contact call a soft, full-bodied, descending, pure whistle; "peeuu". [Link]	♫
Stock dove ■■	- song. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. Call: Nur noch sehr selten zu hören! [Link]	♫
one note
Common swift ■■	one note fast high (4-7 KHz) . Heard from high in the air Call: Often continued with a dry lower pitched "trrrrrr" before calling again. Very vocal at breeding area, and often a flock will call together. Despite being quite similar to Pallid Swift, the call is probably the best field character to separate the two. Pallid puts the stress on the ending of the call, followed by a quick fall in pitch (dynamics like moaning with a quick release). Plain Swift calls similar to Common Swift, but differs in slightly fluctuating pitch during the call, and a loss of resonance towards the ending (thinner sounding). [Link]	♫
Common reed bunting ■■	- song. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. Call: Contact call a sharp, descending and drawn "tseeeoo". A bit similar to Yellow Wagtail, but not as sharp and explosive. In migration a thick, and unmusical "chong" is often heard. [Link]	♫
Common stonechat ■■	- song. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. Call: hart „track“ oder „fiet-track-track“ [Link]	♫
Little grebe ■■	- song. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN Call: Call; sometimes a single quite clear high pitched "dydlylyyt". More often combined into longer phrases with harsher quality, oscillating like laughter and travelling up and down in pitch in agitated motion. Reminiscent of female Cuckoo. [Link]	♫

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Birds with insufficient information about songs/calls

Bird	Description	Audio
Corn bunting ■■	Call: Calls with a dry "chep" or a brittle "vitt". [Link]
Marsh warbler ■■	Call: Sehr ähnlich der obigen Art [Teichrohrsänger]. [Link] More defined pauses and staccato tempo, and lacks Icterine Warbler's nasal high-pitched calls. Differs from Blyth's Reed Warbler in fewer repetitions of each phrase, and lack of said species' whistling, arpeggio-like calls. Typical sequence is a hoarse, drawn "ti-chaaa". Alarm call a short "chepp" with clipped ending. [Link]
Eurasian reed warbler ■■	Call: Rufe:“tsche, tschkt , schreeh, tschrä“,“err“ [Link] Alarm call a harsh, dry and rolling "kraaaat". [Link]
Sedge warbler ■■	Call: Rufe:“zäck“, „zieck“, „err“. [Link] Alarm call a hard "check". Anxiety call a dry and rolling "rrrrr". A mixture of musical sounds, expert mimicry and characteristic harsh and strident calls. Not as rhythmic and evenly paced as Reed Warbler, but varies tempo a lot. [Link]
Great reed warbler ■■	Call: Rufe:“kerr“ (tief), „ tek“ [Link] Contact call a grating, dry "kirrrat", where each rolling r is discernable. Fairly concise motifs typically consisting of two deep mono- or disyllabic notes followed by a few higher tones. I.e: "kerek kerek, trii trii trii". Clamorous Reed Warbler differs in more diffuse motifs. [Link]