Bird call classifiers for FOK Wald I

Decision table for identifying calls
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Bird Description Audio
zweinotig

Kohlmeise ■■
zweinotig fast low-high (1-7 KHz) . Chuck-a-chuck-a-chuck, sometimes preceded by higher 'wheat!'
Call: Generally more full-bodied and resonant calls than blue tit, and not so high-pitched. Characteristic Chaffinch-like "tink tink tink" often uttered by male. [Link]

einfach rhythmisch

Blaumeise ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow high (3-9 KHz) . Low-high-high, with lightly raspy start, rather high.
Call: Scolding alarm call: "tee-tee-tee-chirruwitt" similar to Great Tit. [Link]
stereotypisch melodisch

Haubenmeise ■■
stereotypisch melodisch 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]

einnotig
absteigend

Sumpfmeise ■■
absteigend einnotig 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.
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Buntspecht ■■
einnotig slow low-high (1-8 KHz) . General: A chirping (that I couldn't associate in my mind with a woodpecker), repeated at somewhat irregular intervals of about a second
2023: klang in bird-song.ch Quiz wie eine lauter Haussperling
Call: Nabu: Der häufigste Ruf ist ein kurzes und spitzes „kix“. Ist ein Buntspecht aufgebracht, etwa durch einen Artgenossen, kann man ein schnelles Schnarren hören. [Link]
Call: Typically it lasts 0.5 seconds, sometimes slightly longer. Contact call frequently hear throughout the year. A short hiccup "kek", sometimes in series. When excited this may escalate into a trill. [Link]

einfach rhythmisch

Grauspecht ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow high (3-9 KHz) . In the FOK course, Christina said he sounds like he's running out of gas, which is a great description.

Dreizehenspecht ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow low (1-3 KHz) . - Trommeln. 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]

einnotig
absteigend

Grünspecht ■■
absteigend einnotig slow high (3-9 KHz) . Unheimliches Lachen.
Call: 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]

einfach rhythmisch

Kleinspecht ■■
einfach rhythmisch fast high (3-9 KHz) . Vogelwarte wie oben..hohe Rufreihen
Call: Most common call a series of merlin-like "ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke" given at fairly stable pitch, and less hoarse than Merlin. Differs from Wryneck in lacking marked rise and fall in pitch, and being less plaintive. [Link]


Mittelspecht ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow medium (0-4 KHz) . Stattdessen ist in der Brutzeit das klagende Quäken zu hören, womit der Mittelspecht sein Revier markiert. [Link]
Call: Contact and alarm call consists of a series of short "kitt" sounds, where the first syllable is clearer and distinctly in a higher pitch than the rest of the phrase. Seldom drums. [Link]

einnotig

Schwarzspecht ■■
einnotig slow low-high (1-8 KHz) . General: A loud unearthly call on a single unwavering note.
Call: Drumming:
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Flight call a characteristic resonant trill "krrreekrrreekrrreekrrree". A characteristic short, sharp and plaintive "keeaaa" with descending pitch often uttered when excited. A few slower drawn-out introductory calls before the phrase gets going is diagnostic.
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absteigend

Heckenbraunelle ■■
absteigend einnotig 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]

stottern/kieseln

Rotkehlchen ■■
stottern/kieseln einnotig slow high (4-9 KHz) . Personal: A single note usually repeated twice. Somewhat sputtery. BirdID refers to 'a thin, electric "tick". In one source said to be used as alarm call.
Call: A variety of calls is also made at any time of year, including a ticking note indicating anxiety or mild alarm. [Link]
Call: Alarm call a thin, electric "tick", often in series with decelerating tempo. [Link]


Singdrossel ■■
einnotig slow high (7-10 KHz) . - Kontaktruf. One or two high chirps followed by long pause of 1-2 seconds
Call: Rufe :“zipp“, oft beim abfliegen. [Link]
Most heard (but easily overlooked) contact call is a dry and very short "zip", sometimes given as a two syllable call "zip-ip". [Link]
nicht musikalisch
rasseln

Misteldrossel ■■
rasseln nicht musikalisch fast low-high (2-9 KHz) . General: I mistook this one for a woodpecker the first time I heard it, partly because BirdNet also did! Rattle generated in vocal tract, not with the beak!
Call: Rufe:schnarrend „kerr“, daneben „tück-tück-tück“ [Link]
Other calls; a dry rattle, likened to the sound of a piece of wood drawn over a coarse comb, and a Fieldfare-like "chuck". [Link]

Wacholderdrossel ■■
- Flugruf. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Call: Schackernd, ähnlich obiger Art [Misteldrossel], aber weicher. Am Brutplatz raue krächzende Rufe. [Link]
Scolding call a hard "check", often given in decelerating series. Contact call in migration a soft, pleasant but, buzzy "weet". Typically bursts into continuos, squeaky chattering at takeoff. [Link]


Rotdrossel ■■
- Gesang. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Call: Contact call a thin, drawn and sharp "sreee". Often heard at night during migration. Alarm call harder, dryer and more raucous than other thrushes. [Link]

einnotig
aufsteigend

Zilpzalp ■■
aufsteigend einnotig slow medium (2-4 KHz) . Repeated rising note, not too loud
Call: Rufe :einsilbiges „hüid“, hinaufgezogen, wandelbar. [Link]
Contact/alarm call a soft, plaintive ascending "hooeet". Similar to W.Warbler, but shorter with a monosyllabic feel. [Link]


Fitis ■■
aufsteigend einnotig slow medium (2-4 KHz) . - Kontaktruf. Whoop very similar to chiffchaff, etc. but starts at an even level, then ascends.
Call: ähnlich oben, aber mehr zweisilbig [Link]
Contact/alarm call a soft, plaintive ascending "hoo-eet". Similar to Chiff-chaff, but first part more drawn, giving it a disyllabic feel. [Link]


Waldlaubsänger ■■
- Gesang. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN_VIA_ZOOM
Call: „düü“ [Link]
Typically with a staccato beginning. Pitch drops as the speed increases and the syllables fuses into a continuous trill. Often described as the sound of a spinning coin coming to rest on a glass table. Some phrases may be given in an almost even tempo, and may recall Bonelli's Warbler. [Link]
einnotig
stottern/kieseln

Mönchsgrasmücke ■■
stottern/kieseln einnotig slow high (3-9 KHz) . General: Sputtery/stoney, but may have other calls too.
Call: The Blackcap may generate a perplexing variety of territorial calls, though the typical contact call is a hard, tongue-clicking "teck teck" which has a scolding quality to it. It's not dissimilar to the 'pebble-clacking' call of the Stonechat. [Suffex Wildlife Trust]
Call: „täck“ oft wiederholt [Link]
Alarm call a hard "check", similar to Lesser White-throat. Sometimes with an additional hoarse and nasal "cherrrr". [Link]


Gartengrasmücke ■■
- Gesang. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN
Call: Alarm call a hard "check", and a hoarse "tcherr". [Link]

Wintergoldhähnchen ■■
- Gesang. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN
Call: 'sisisi' [Link]
Contact call a very high pitched "zit zit zit", only similar to Firecrest and treecreepers. Treecreepers usually calls with longer "zzzziiiiit" repeated at regular intervals, while Goldcrest calls in phrases with two to four calls in series in an uneven rhythm. Firecrest contact calls lower pitched than Goldcrest, and in a softer tone (but quite similar). [Link]

Sommergoldhähnchen ■■
- Gesang. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Call: „sisisi“ [Link]
Call: a thin "tsi tsi tsi" similar to Goldcrest, but not so sharp. [Link]

einnotig
stottern/kieseln

Zaunkönig ■■
stottern/kieseln einnotig 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]

aufsteigend

Trauerschnäpper ■■
aufsteigend einnotig slow medium (1-5 KHz) .
Call: Alarm call a sharp, energetic "wit", often in combination with a short "tic"; "whit-tic". Typically starts with disyllabic notes being repeated 3-5 times, diminishing in pitch and intensity like an echo of the first two syllables. Occasionally throws in a quick diagnostic ascending scale excercise. Clear notes and well defined pauses between phrases. [Link]


Kleiber twit ■■
einnotig fast low (2-3 KHz) . Schnelle Sequenz - ist es der oben erwähnte 'twit'?
Call: Other: It gives loud calls when excited, an abrupt ‘twit”, only one, or in slow series, but often in phrases of 3-4 notes in rapid succession. But in great excitement, it utters phrases of about ten notes per second! We can also hear some shrill “sirrrr”, becoming harsher in alarm call. The contact call is a thin “tsit” uttered before to take off. [Link]
The Eurasian nuthatch calls frequently, usually with a loud, sharp dwip normally repeated twice, sometimes more often if excited. It has a shrill sirrrr or tsi-si-si alarm call, and a thin tsit pre-flight call. [Link]
Other: Very varied voice. Ranging from very high pitched whistles and melodic resonant calls, to chattering and nasal mocking sounds. Characteristic warning call a hard "check" or "chwit", often in rapid series, like a pebble bouncing on hollow ice. [Link]
Ranging from very high pitched whistles and melodic resonant calls, to chattering and nasal mocking sounds. Characteristic warning call a hard "check" or "chwit", often in rapid series, like a pebble bouncing on hollow ice. [Link]


Gartenbaumläufer ■■
einnotig slow high (5-7 KHz) . General: See the sonogram how the song may descend rapidly from 7Khz to and then climb from 5 to 5.75 KHz, a kind of reversed checkmark. However I find it hard to distinguish from a single note. I'm not a bird ;-(
Call: calls with a loud (Wikipedia says shrill) “tyt tyt” [Link]
Call: scharf „tiit, sri“ [Link]
Contact call very similar to C. familiaris. A thin "sreee" often repeated in an even rhythm, perhaps with slighly shorter pauses. Flight call a short and sharp "wit" used freely when moving about. Timbre recalls wet rubber-boots on vinyl flooring. Note that "mixed singers" of C. familiaris are not uncommon in areas where both species of treecreepers occur. [Link]


Waldbaumläufer ■■
einnotig slow high (7-9 KHz) . General: Wikipedia sagt: Sein Ruf klingt in etwa wie "siih" oder "tih".
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]

einfach rhythmisch

Schwanzmeise ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow high (7-9 KHz) . - Kontaktruf. Die fast ständig geäusserten, hohen Rufe verraten die kleinen, rastlosen Turner im Gezweig meist schon, bevor sie zu sehen sind. [Link]
Call: Call: quite short, chirping, twittering "tzzirrret tzirrrret". Often starting at high pitch and rapidly falling, or just flat. Also a thin, slightly falling "zi zi ziii". [Link]

einnotig
Raspel

Eichelhäher ■■
Raspel einnotig slow medium (1-5 KHz) . Typically harsh jay call. I would say a contact call usually means 'Here I am', answered by 'Good, here I am.' Listening to two jays in the Swiss mountains of Toggenburg, it sounded like 'HEY IDIOT, HERE I AM...WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?' 'WHAT? YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT? OF COURSE I'M OVER HERE. PEABRAIN.' On the other hand, anthropomorphism is always dangerous, usually completely wrong approach.
Call: Most heard call a short, drawn and very hoarse, raspy sound, often given in quick successions. Also a Buzzard-like, mewing "peeeaaa" (more drawn and less full tone than Siberian Jay). [Link]
einfach rhythmisch

Pirol ■■
einfach rhythmisch slow medium (1-5 KHz) . 3 somewhat harsh ascending notes, more melodic than a Eurasian jay call
Call: Flötenrufen Oft wird der Gesang allerdings vom Star treffend ähnlich nachgeahmt. [Link]
Contact call surprisingly different: A forced, drawn "weeackt", slightly resembling Jay, but less harsh, and much more nasal. Other sounds include a Wryneck-like warning call. [Link]

einnotig
aufsteigend

Buchfink ■■
aufsteigend einnotig slow medium (3-5 KHz) . - Regenruf. 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]


Bergfink ■■
einnotig slow medium (2-6 KHz) . call cheep plus two ascending greenfinch (Grünfink) squawks
Call: Contact calls include a short, nasal, ascending "keeaa", a short high-pitched, piercing "tzeet" and a linnet-like "chepp". May be mistaken for Greenfinch, but note softer timbre and stable pitch throughout the call. [Link]


Kernbeisser ■■
einnotig fast high (4-8 KHz) . Found no references to song
Call: Most typical call a sharp and explosive "tzek", with abrupt, emphasized, cut-off ending. Quite similar to Robin, but harder, with each syllable marginally longer with a slightly wheezing timbre. Repetitions are slower and more singular than Robin. Diagnostic when interspersed with high frequency notes. [Link]


Gimpel ■■
einnotig slow low (2-3 KHz) . - Kontaktruf. 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]


Fichtenkreuzschnabel ■■
- Gesang. No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN
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]

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Lösung Pirol XC565722 eurasian golden oriole call.

Lösung Rotkehlchen I heard 3 or 4 scattered birds calling it in woods with underbrush but saw no birds. BirdNet told me they were robins, which I found hard to believe, but on comparing it with recordings at XenoCanto, I was convinced! Maybe they were telling each other "Don't show yourself to that alarming guy!".
Lösung Blaumeise XC574294 blaumeise call.

Lösung Wacholderdrossel XC938835 - Fieldfare flight call - Turdus pilaris.
Lösung Waldlaubsänger Kurzer Ruf hl hl hl, BirdNet meint Waldlaubsänger.

Lösung Gartenbaumläufer A recording from Jorge Leitão in the Netherlands that I assume is the tyt tyt call.

Lösung Dreizehenspecht XC498796 Dreizehenspecht call.

Lösung Zilpzalp XC656913 - Common Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita - call recorded in Belgium.

Lösung Waldbaumläufer XC206282 Eurasian treecreeper call.
Lösung Gartengrasmücke Garden warbler calls from bushes at Wildert.

Lösung Buntspecht Great spotted woodpecker call

Lösung Fitis Call recorded in UK, sounds typical to me, and spiced up by a yellowhammer in the background and several other birds
Lösung Singdrossel XC389294 song thrush contact call.

Lösung Kleinspecht XC625101 Kleinspecht call.

Lösung Mittelspecht XC624229 Mittelspecht call.

Lösung Sumpfmeise Call from Xeno-Canto

Lösung Kleiber Long fast sequence of identical whoops, possibly 'twit' call.

Lösung Zaunkönig XC195946 - Eurasian Wren call - Troglodytes troglodytes.

Lösung Heckenbraunelle XC594397 - Dunnock - Prunella modularis modularis - call recorded in Poland.

Lösung Trauerschnäpper XC918321 - European Pied Flycatcher one-note call - Ficedula hypoleuca.

Lösung Grünspecht XC627157 Grünspecht laughing call.

Lösung Rotdrossel XC678455 - Redwing - Turdus iliacus - single call.

Lösung Schwanzmeise Flight call from XenoCanto

Lösung Buchfink Rain call from XenoCanto Recorded by Paul Driver in Mundford, Norfolk, UK

Lösung Bergfink XC900455 - Brambling call - Fringilla montifringilla.
Lösung Eichelhäher XC536051 Eurasian Jay harsh call 20s.

Lösung Kohlmeise Call from Xeno-Canto Illustrates higher 'wheat' before the 'chuck-a-chuck'
Lösung Misteldrossel XC945811 - Mistle Thrush - Turdus viscivorus - call, sounds like drumming, mistook it for a woodpecker first time I heard this.

Lösung Gimpel XC214867 - Eurasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula - contact call, recorded in Germany.

Lösung Kernbeisser XC712663 - Hawfinch - Coccothraustes coccothraustes - whit whit tsirp, recorded in Sweden, redubbed by me to a call.
Lösung Fichtenkreuzschnabel Fichtenkreuzschnabel Rufe bei Bever.

Lösung Grauspecht XC623125 grauspecht call.

Lösung Sommergoldhähnchen XC933773 - Common Firecrest call - Regulus ignicapilla.
Lösung Wintergoldhähnchen Wintergoldhähnchen whoop Ruf im Biotop.

Lösung Mönchsgrasmücke XC546030 black cap warbler so-called tac and djii call.

Lösung Haubenmeise XC926922 - European Crested Tit - Lophophanes cristatus - 1x4-10 call recorded in Sweden.

Lösung Schwarzspecht Erschrenkender Ruf 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

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Bergmeise

Berglaubsänger ■■

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