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 Song Thrush  Turdus philomelos


 

Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Territorial song. Loud and varied with characteristic motifs of repeated 2-4 elements or phrases, interspered with single more complex/unique phrases.

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Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Kindrogan, Perthshire, Scotland  56° 44' 22.39" N  03° 32' 38.79" W  13 June 2018

Territorial song from a Sitka Spruce re-stock plantation. Loud and varied with characteristic motifs of repeated 2-4 elements or phrases, interspered with single more complex/unique phrases. Very short and few pauses between phrases from this individual. Frequency ranging between 1.2 and 10.4 kHz.

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Sonogram of Song Thrush flight call

Kindrogan, Perthshire, Scotland  56° 44' 22.39" N  03° 32' 38.79" W  13 June 2018

Calls from a Song Thrush in flight, flying low through a Sitka Spruce re-stock plantation. A short, sharp, but soft tzip at 6.7-9.5 kHz.

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Sonogram of Song Thrush alarm calls

Kuttura, Inari, Finland  68° 23' 41.6" N  26° 40' 07.9" E  18 June 2019

Alarm calls from adult Song Thrush, probably with young nearby: harsh, scolding broadband chucks intermediate between Blackbird and Fieldfare in tone.

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Sonogram of hawk alarm call from a Song Thrush

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   14 June 20191

Hawk alarm call from a Song Thrush (8.0-9.3 kHz), with another species producing the same call at a lower frequency (7.3-7.9 kHz).

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Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Stanmore Common, Middlesex, England  11 March 2011

Territorial song.

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 Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Tooma, Endla Looduskaitseala, Estonia  58º 52' 35.3'' N  26º 16' 22.7'' E  21 May 2010  2238h

Territorial song from mature trees around a hamlet at dusk. (Redwing in the background).

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Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Totteridge Valley, Middlesex, England  51° 37' 20.6'' N  00° 11' 59.9'' W  6 February 2010  1548h

Territorial song.

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Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Totteridge Valley, Middlesex, England  51° 37' 20.6'' N  00° 11' 59.9'' W  4 May 2009

Mimicry of a female Tawny Owl's "ke-wick" call.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Song Thrush song

Totteridge Valley, Middlesex, England  51° 37' 20.6'' N  00° 11' 59.9'' W  4 May 2009

Mimicry of a Green Woodpecker's "yaffle" call (same bird as above).

 

 

 

 


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