Bird calls in the Engadin

Bird	Description	Audio
one note
Tree pipit ■■	one note slow medium (1-5 KHz) . Sounds like 1-note to me. Have also heard two high notes, then dann hlhlhl 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 ■■	- flight call. 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]	♫
Ring ouzel ■■	- song. Automatically generated from Xeno-Canto recording. Call: Alarm call a series of "chok-chok". Thicker and more resonant than Redwing. [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 ■■	- song. 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 call. Like crow or its cousin the Eurasian jay (Eichelhaeher). Call: Warning call a characteristic dry and rasping "karrr karrr karr" in even pitch. [Link]
simple rhythmic
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker ■■	simple rhythmic slow low (1-3 KHz) . - drumming. Behavior: Seine unauffälligen Rufe sind nicht laut und tönen ähnlich wie jene des Buntspechts. [Portrait] Call: Contact call similar to Great Spotted, but deeper and softer. Not very vocal. [Link]	♫
stereotype melodic
European crested tit ■■	stereotype melodic slow medium (1-5 KHz) . 5 oder mehr schnelle, aufsteigende Noten. Erinnert mich an die Blaumeise. 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]	♫
Eurasian skylark ■■	- flight call. This quickly-written call archetype may need review/enhancement. 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]	♫
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
Red crossbill ■■	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]
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 ■■
Willow tit ■■	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]
Northern wheatear ■■	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]
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]