I've recently added a British bird section, comprising recent recordings with some digitized tape recordings made 30 years ago.
Scroll down to British Recordings and enjoy the sounds!
Wednesday, May 5
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Recordings and sonagrams of the bird sounds of eastern North America and the UK
US Bird Calls
- Bitterns
- Cormorants and Anhinga
- Crows
- Cuckoos
- Ducks I : Dabbling Ducks
- Ducks II : Diving Ducks
- Ducks III : Sea Ducks
- Finch calls I : flight calls
- Finch calls II : alarm and contact calls
- Flycatcher calls
- Gallinules
- Game Bird calls
- Geese
- Grebes and Loons
- Gulls
- Herons
- Hummingbirds
- Ibises
- Icterid alarm and contact calls I : Blackbirds
- Icterid alarm and contact calls II : Orioles and Meadowlarks
- Icterid flight calls I : Blackbirds
- Icterid flight calls II : Orioles and Meadowlarks
- Juvenile calls I : Non-passerines
- Juvenile calls II : Flycatchers to Titmice
- Juvenile calls III : Wrens to Waxwings
- Juvenile calls IV : Warblers
- Juvenile calls V : Sparrows to Finches
- Kingfishers
- Larks and Pipits
- Longspurs
- Mimid calls
- Nuthatch, kinglet, creeper and gnatcatcher calls
- Old World Sparrows
- Owls
- Rails
- Raptors
- Sandhill Crane
- Shorebird calls : flight calls
- Shorebird calls I : Calidris Sandpipers
- Shorebird calls II : Plovers
- Shorebird calls III : Woodcock and Snipe
- Shorebirds IV : Tringa, Dowitchers, Godwits and other shorebirds
- Shrikes
- Sparrow calls I : flight calls
- Sparrow calls II : chip calls
- Sparrow calls III : flock, agonistic, chase and mating calls
- Sparrow calls IV : high chip calls
- Starling
- Swallow and Swift calls
- Swans
- Tanager, Buntings and Grosbeaks: flight calls
- Tanagers, Buntings and Grosbeaks: alarm and contact calls
- Terns
- Thrush calls I : flight calls
- Thrush calls II : alarm and contact calls
- Titmice calls
- Vireo calls
- Warbler calls I : chip calls
- Warbler calls II : flight calls
- Warbler calls III : high chip and miscellaneous other calls
- Waxwings
- Woodpecker calls
- Woodpeckers : non-vocal sounds
- Wren calls
US Bird Songs
- Finch songs
- Flycatcher songs I
- Flycatcher songs II : dawn songs
- Icterid songs
- Lark and Pipit songs
- Mimicry I
- Mimicry II : The White-eyed Vireo
- Mimid songs
- Nightjar songs and calls
- Nuthatch, creeper, kinglet and gnatcatcher songs
- Pigeons and Doves
- Plastic songs
- Sparrow songs
- Swallow songs
- Tanagers, Buntings and Grosbeaks : songs
- Thrush songs
- Titmice songs
- Vireo songs
- Warbler songs I
- Warbler songs II : repertoires of one
- Warbler songs III : high-pitched songs
- Wren songs
US Nocturnal Flight Calls
- AMBI/BCNH nocturnal call comparison
- Nocturnal migrants May 16th 2013
- Nocturnal migrants October 13th 2012
- Nocturnal migrants October 7th 2012
- Nocturnal migrants September 15-16th 2012
- Nocturnal migrants September 20th 2012
- Nocturnal migrants May 11-13th 2012
- Nocturnal migrants October 22nd and 23rd 2011
- Nocturnal migrants early October 2011
- Nocturnal migrants August 23rd 2011
- Nocturnal migrants September 16-18th 2011
UK Recordings
- Buntings
- Crows
- Cuckoo
- Dunnock
- Finch calls
- Finch songs
- Flycatcher songs
- Geese and Ducks
- Grebe, Rails, Herons
- Gulls
- Juveniles I : Non-passerines and Crows
- Juveniles II : Warblers
- Juveniles III
- Larks and Pipits
- Nightjar
- Northern Fulmar
- Nuthatch, Tree Creeper, Goldcrest and Firecrest songs
- Nuthatch, Tree Creeper, Goldcrest, Firecrest, Long-tailed Tit and Bearded Reedling calls
- Owls
- Parakeets
- Pheasant
- Pigeons
- Raptors
- Robin, Nightingale, Redstart and Wheatears
- Shorebirds
- Sparrows
- Thrush calls
- Thrush songs
- Tit calls
- Tit songs
- Warbler calls
- Warbler songs
- Woodpeckers
- Wren
Miscellaneous Posts
Mammals
Trip Reports
Audio Links to Bird Sounds
Resources
- Birds of the World Online previously The Birds of North America Online (BNA). Comprehensive information on all aspects of life history, including audio and video. By subscription.
- Birdsong by the Seasons. Donald Kroodsma, Houghton Mifflin, 2009. Another great book with CDs from Dr Kroodsma.
- Flight Calls of Migratory Birds WR Evans and M O'Brien. CD-ROM www.oldbird.org
. Excellent source of information on flight calls - Nature's Music, The Science of Birdsong. Peter Marler and Hans Slabbekoorn. Elsevier Academic press. 2004. A treasure trove of information, advanced but very readable (comes with CD).
- Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds of Eastern North America. Nathan Pieplow, 2017. Highly recommended, includes almost all known vocalizations of eastern US birds, with spectrograms and detailed analysis. Excellent!
- Stokes Field Guide to Bird Song, Eastern Region, by Lang Elliot. 3 CDs. Of commercial recordings, this has the most comprehensive collection of songs and calls.
- The Singing Life of Birds. Donald Kroodsma, Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Terrific book (plus CD), a must read.
- The Songs of Wildbirds. Lang Elliott., Houghton Mifflin, 2005. Excellent photos with high quality recordings including some rare ones such as the flight song of the Western Meadowlark.
- The Sound Approach to Birding. A guide to understanding bird sound. A. van de Berg, M Constantine, M. Robb. Superb discussion of bird calls and song with 2 CDs.
Comments, corrections or suggestions : e-mail pjdeye@aol.com
Bird Calls and Songs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Bird Calls and Songs is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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