VOCALIZATIONS OF SELECTED BIRD SPECIES
OF KLAMATH MOUNTAINS MIXED EVERGREEN FORESTS, NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
Bruce G. Marcot, Richard W. Lundquist, and Valen Castellano
latest updated: 15 March 2016; updates by Bruce G. Marcot
original: 21 February 1994
[Note: This report was originally produced in 1994 based on bird taxonomy of that year.]
CONTENTS
-------------------Falconiformes | Galliformes | Strigiformes | Apodiformes | Piciformes |
| Passeriformes -- flycatchers, swallows | jays through creeper |
wrens through bluebirds | kinglets through vireos |
starling, warblers, tanagers | grosbeaks through sparrows |
* * *Species with similar sounds | Exploring vocalizations |
Reference key | Technical info |===============
INTRODUCTION: VOCALIZATIONS OF SELECTED BIRD SPECIES OF KLAMATH MOUNTAINS MIXED EVERGREEN FORESTS
Introduction; Acknowledgments; Study Area; Format of Descriptions of Text and Sound Files; Occurrence of Species by Season and Habitat; Identifying Species; References Cited
DESCRIPTIONS OF VOCALIZATIONS
FAMILY ACCIPITRIDAE (hawks and accipiters)
FAMILY FALCONIDAE (falcons)
FAMILY PHASIANIDAE (grouse and quail)
ORDER COLUMBIFORMES
FAMILY COLUMBIDAE (doves)
FAMILY STRIGIDAE (owls)
ORDER CAPRIMULGIFORMES
FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDAE (nighthawks)
FAMILY APODIDAE (swifts)
FAMILY TROCHILIDAE (hummingbirds)
FAMILY PICIDAE (woodpeckers)
FAMILY TYRANNIDAE (flycatchers)
FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE (swallows)
7. ORDER PASSERIFORMES (continued)
FAMILY CORVIDAE (jays, ravens, crows)
FAMILY PARIDAE (chickadees)
FAMILY AEGITHALIDAE (bushtit)
FAMILY SITTIDAE (nuthatches)
FAMILY CERTHIIDAE (creeper)
8. ORDER PASSERIFORMES (continued)
FAMILY TROGLODYTIDAE (wrens)
FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE (wrentit, thrushes, bluebirds)
9. ORDER PASSERIFORMES (continued)
FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE (continued; kinglets)
FAMILY BOMBYCILLIDAE (waxwings)
FAMILY VIREONIDAE (vireos)
10. ORDER PASSERIFORMES (continued)
FAMILY STURNIDAE (starling)
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE (warblers, tanager)
11. ORDER PASSERIFORMES (continued)
FAMILY EMBERIZIDAE (continued; grosbeaks, buntings, towhees, blackbird, cowbird, meadowlark, oriole, sparrows)
COMPARISON OF SPECIES WITH SIMILAR SOUNDS
Group 1- Woodpecker calls - single-note calls and ratchet-type "whinney" alarm calls
Group 2 - Woodpecker drummingGroup 3 - Species with single "tooting" calls, like the Northern Pygmy-Owl's
Group 4 - Species with single-trill calls, like the Dark-Eyed Junco's
Group 5 - Forest Squirrels
EXPLORING SELECTED BIRD VOCALIZATIONS
Selected Vocalizations Slowed to Reveal Dynamics of Overtones and Harmonics
The Diversity of Song Sparrow Songs
REFERENCE KEY TO ANNOTATED DESCRIPTIONS OF BIRD SOUNDS
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON THIS PUBLICATION -- TEXT AND SOUND RECORDINGS
TABLE 1: Occurrence of bird species by season and habitat