Song battle between Thrush Nightingale and Icterine Warbler

An intense morning in a small forest patch that is surrounded by pastures and lush meadows. Spring is in full swing and all birds wish to get heard in the dawn chorus. The two loudest singers, Icterine Warbler and Thrush Nightingale, dominate the morning, but Common Redstart, Eurasian Blackcap, Common Chaffinch and Common Blackbird give their best to get heard as well.

The sounds of birds, mammals, amphibians, insects or anything that is human-related are annotated in the spectrogram below and include:

Icterine Warbler – Gelbspötter – Hippolais icterina

Thrush Nightingale – Sprosser – Luscinia luscinia

Common Redstart – Gartenrotschwanz – Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Hooded Crow – Nebelkrähe – Corvus corone

Common Blackbird – Amsel – Turdus merula

Eurasian Blackcap – Mönchsgrasmücke – Sylvia atricapilla

Goldfinch – Stieglitz – Carduelis carduelis

Hawfinch – Kernbeißer – Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Yellowhammer – Goldammer – Emberiza citrinella

Short-toed Treecreeper – Gartenbaumläufer – Certhia brachydactyla

Common Crane – Kranich – Grus grus

Common Cuckoo – Kuckuck – Cuculus canorus

Common Chaffinch – Buchfink – Fringilla coelebs

Eurasian Wren – Zaunkönig – Troglodytes troglodytes

Eurasian Skylark – Feldlerche – Alauda arvensis

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