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BioAcoustica is a free, open repository of wildlife sound recordings from the Natural History Museum, London.

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Taxonomic index of the BioAcoustica collection

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Acoustic and biological measurements in the BioAcoustica collection

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Recording annotations from ann-o-mate

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The specimens that recordings are of, from the collections

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Recordings map

Where the specimens that recordings are of were collected, not where the sound was recorded

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Turdidae

Family · 3 recordings · 2 specimens

Contains

Catharus0
Hylocichla0
Myadestes2
Sialia0
Turdus1

Recordings

Myadestes melanops (Quiet Song)7:24 · Alex Monro
Myadestes melanops (Loud Song)18:11 · Alex Monro
Blackbird 2018-04-200:14 · Edward Baker

Specimens

Myadestes melanops BioAcoustica Alex Monro 2PA · 2008-03-11 · Alex Monro
Turdus merula BioAcoustica Baker 50GB · 2018-04-20 · Edward Baker

Literature

Heckscher, Christopher M. (2021). Use of simple graded signals in the long-distance vocal communication of a forest thrush ( Catharus fuscescens ).
Hutto, Richard L.; Hutto, Russell R. (2020). Does the presence of an observer affect a bird's occurrence rate or singing rate during a point count?.
Deoniziak, Krzysztof; Osiejuk, Tomasz S. (2019). Habitat-related differences in song structure and complexity in a songbird with a large repertoire. BMC Ecology, 19(1).
Rose, Evangeline M.; Mathew, Thomas; Coss, Derek A.; Lohr, Bernard; Omland, Kevin E. (2018). A new statistical method to test equivalence: an application in male and female eastern bluebird song. Animal Behaviour, 145: 77 - 85.
Vargas-Castro, Luis E.; Sandoval, Luis; Searcy, William A. (2017). Eavesdropping avoidance and sound propagation: the acoustic structure of soft song. Animal Behaviour, 134: 113 - 121.
Blumstein, Daniel T.; Whitaker, Jessica; Kennen, Judith; Bryant, Gregory A. (2017). Do birds differentiate between white noise and deterministic chaos?. Ethology, 123(12): 966 - 973.
Proppe, Darren S.; Finch, Emily (2017). Vocalizing during gaps in anthropogenic noise is an uncommon trait for enhancing communication in songbirds. Journal of Ecoacoustics, 1: TLP16D.
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