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 Great Tit  Parus major


 

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Forêt de Sidi-Bettache, Morocco  33° 38' 33.6" N  6° 52' 42.5" W  10 March 2014

Territorial song from cork oak woodland.

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Sonogram of Great Tit song

Forêt de Sidi-Bettache, Morocco  33° 38' 33.6" N  6° 52' 42.5" W  10 March 2014

Territorial song from cork oak woodland.

[File name: greattitLS111786ecut] Click here for the MP3 file


     

     

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Rainham Marshes, Essex, England  51º 29' 13'' N  00º 13' 43'' E   12 February 2023

Territorial song from scrub with a few trees. Five elements in each strophe begining with a high-pitched element at 7.3-7.7 kHz, followed by a phrase consisting of a repeat of two elements as low as 2.3 kHz.

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Sonogram of Great Tit calls

Rainham Marshes, Essex, England  51º 29' 15.35'' N  00º 13' 22.7'' E   17 February 2019

Calls from a male, apparently paired.

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Sonogram of Great Tit calls

Potamia Valley, Lesvos, Greece  39° 13' 16.3" N  26° 10' 12.2" E  17 May 2017

Calls from an adult (some brief song in background) with a fledged brood.

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Sonogram of Great Tit song

    Valle de Ojén, Parque Natural de Los Alcornocales, Andalucia, Spain

    36° 9' 35.16" N  5° 34' 55.40" W  30 March 2012, 1546h

    Territorial song from cork oak woodland.

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Three songs types from the repertoir of a single bird

Totteridge, London, 6 February 2010

One of several singing birds (most still in small roving feeding flocks) in hazy, late-winter sunshine. Neighbours with 2-3 song types.

 

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Totteridge, London, England  TQ2493  6 February 2010

Territorial song 1 of 3: single strophe/burst (5-8 double notes/elements) repeated at a rate of 16/min

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 Sonogram of Great Tit song

Totteridge, London, England  TQ2493  6 February 2010

Territorial song 2 of 3: single strophe/burst (4-11 double notes/elements) repeated at a rate of 11/min

[File name: greattit0206140924e2] Click here for the MP3 file


     

 

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Totteridge, London, England  TQ2493  6 February 2010

Territorial song 3 of 3: single strophe/burst (7-20 double notes/elements) repeated at a rate of 11/min

[File name: greattit0206141436e] Click here for the MP3 file


     

 

 

Three songs types from the repertoir of a single bird

Sunny Hill Park, London

Singing continuously from 0445-0530h in late March 2008

 

 

 Sonogram of Great Tit song

Sunny Hill Park, London  28 March 2008, 0455h

Territorial song from ornamental conifer in garden, ~3 metre from ground.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Sunny Hill Park, London  27 March 2008, 0505h

Territorial song from ornamental conifer in garden, ~3 metre from ground.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Sunny Hill Park, London  27 March 2008, 0520h

Territorial song from ornamental conifer in garden, ~3 metre from ground.

 

 

 

 

Sonogram of Great Tit song

Brent Reservoir, London, England  51° 34' 36.0'' N  00° 14' 44.9'' W  9 May 2009

Territorial song.

 

 


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