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Passeriformes

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Contains

Acrocephalidae0
Alaudidae1
Artamidae0
Atrichornithidae0
Cardinalidae0
Cettidae0
Corvidae4
Cotingidae0
Emberizidae0
Estrildidae0
Fringillidae1
Furnariidae0
Hirundinidae0
Icteridae1
Locustellidae1
Maluridae0
Meliphagidae0
Mimidae0
Muscicapidae3
Paridae0
Parulidae0
Passerellidae0
Phylloscopidae0
Pipridae0
Pittidae0
Regulidae0
Sittidae0
Sturnidae1
Thamnophilidae0
Troglodytidae0
Turdidae3
Tyrannidae0
Vireonidae0

Recordings

Myadestes melanops (Quiet Song)7:24 · Alex Monro
Myadestes melanops (Loud Song)18:11 · Alex Monro
Montezuma oropendola3:35 · Alex Monro
1 Introduction: Skylark Song1:19
7 Magpie0:19
9 Starling inc. mimicry of Common Gull, Song Thrush, Greenfinch, Blackbird, Rook, Jackdaw, Hedge Sparow and probably others0:46
19 Grasshopper Warbler0:31
22 Carrion Crow0:26
51 Jay0:17
Eurasian Magpie0:34 · Edward Baker
Blackbird 2018-04-200:14 · Edward Baker
Stonechat Exmoor0:24 · Edward Baker
Moorland Chat Alarm Call0:08
Moorland chat wing whistle0:01
Ethiopian siskin song0:07

Specimens

Myadestes melanops BioAcoustica Alex Monro 2PA · 2008-03-11 · Alex Monro
Pica pica BioAcoustica Baker 3GB · 2016-04-03 · Edward Baker
Psarocolius montezuma BioAcoustica Alex Monro 3BZ · 2010-01-24 · Alex Monro
Turdus merula BioAcoustica Baker 50GB · 2018-04-20 · Edward Baker

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