Ranking of the top rated sound recordings

Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major

A male drumming in an electrical post, using metallic parts.

31 Mar 2010

Locality:

Kaamanen, Inari, Lapland Region, Finland

Dendrocopos major major

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Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganurus

A bird calling and singing.

20 Nov 2009

Locality:

General Belgrano, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Sappho sparganurus sapho

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Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro

Adult male singing

31 Aug 2002

Locality:

Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

Calls of a soaring adult

14 Jun 2011

Locality:

Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador

Elanoides forficatus yetapa

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Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Redpoll Acanthis flammea

A bird singing.

1 Apr 2010

Locality:

Pasvik Taiga, Svanvik, Finnmark County, Norway

Acanthis flammea flammea

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Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra

A male singing.

6 May 2008

Locality:

Essonne, Île-de-France, France

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus

A bird singing.

2 Dec 2009

Locality:

Bodi Mettu, Theni District, Tamil Nadu, India

Psilopogon zeylanicus zeylanicus

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis

Cape Weaver, nesting song

1 Sep 2012

Locality:

Clanwilliam, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Curve-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus procurvoides

Song.

8 May 2002

Locality:

Río Grande, Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela

Campylorhamphus procurvoides sanus

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta

A male singing.

6 May 2008

Locality:

Essonne, Île-de-France, France

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

one of the individuals of a couple, caling at dusk

2 May 1997

Locality:

Cerro Colorado, Córdoba Province, Argentina

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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African Fish-eagle Haliaeetus vocifer

A pair vocalising high up in a tree near Pafuri picnic area. 12:20pm.

23 Dec 2009

Locality:

Kruger National Park, South Africa

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala

Calls of a bird, joined by those of another at the end.

12 Aug 1996

Locality:

Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Rufous-crowned Pittasoma Pittasoma rufopileatum

Song of adult male.

2 Aug 2011

Locality:

Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador

Pittasoma rufopileatum rufopileatum

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Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

Sharp calls much before dawn

1 Mar 1986

Locality:

Kota, Kota District, Rajasthan, India

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps

Song.

1 Jan 2010

Locality:

Tatama National Park, Colombia

Pharomachrus auriceps auriceps

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Highland Guan Penelopina nigra

A male singing and performing a wing-whirring display.

29 Mar 2009

Locality:

El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis

Song

15 Apr 2009

Locality:

Nabang, Yingjiang, Yunnan, China (Southern)

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Dwarf Tinamou Taoniscus nanus

A bird singing after play-back.

24 Jan 2005

Locality:

Catalão, Goiás State, Brazil

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Western Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

call

Locality:

Berlin, Germany

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra

A one minute sequence of a male calling (the complete call lasted more than five minutes).

30 Nov 2009

Locality:

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India

Arachnothera longirostra longirostra

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria

Calling from close to the forest edge. 9:09am

7 Jan 2010

Locality:

Enseleni Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Southern Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura

Song

27 Dec 2013

Locality:

Puerto Piracuacito, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Rock Dove Columba livia

Male calling to female

12 Jan 2010

Locality:

London, England, Great Britain

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Barred Forest-falcon Micrastur ruficollis

Calls

5 May 2010

Locality:

Kaw-Roura Nature Reserve, French Guiana

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Western Parotia Parotia sefilata

A male calling while perched above its dancing ground.

31 Jul 2008

Locality:

Siyoubrig, Arfak Mountains, Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea

Your rating: None

Average: 4.8 (4 votes)

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Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos

Song of a male

27 Apr 2007

Locality:

Zemi Valley, Nevşehir Province, Turkey

Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos

Your rating: None

Average: 4.7 (7 votes)

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Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

A male singing.

15 Jun 2006

Locality:

Essonne, Île-de-France, France

Your rating: None

Average: 4.7 (6 votes)

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Rufous Bristlebird Dasyornis broadbenti

A pair duetting.

31 Oct 2009

Locality:

Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia

Dasyornis broadbenti caryochrous

Your rating: None

Average: 4.7 (6 votes)

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Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens

A male calling

28 Aug 2008

Locality:

Ekame Lodge, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea

Your rating: None

Average: 4.7 (6 votes)

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Ranking of the top rated sound recordings

A male drumming in an electrical post, using metallic parts.

A bird calling and singing.

Adult male singing

Calls of a soaring adult

A bird singing.

A male singing.

A bird singing.

Cape Weaver, nesting song

Song.

A male singing.

one of the individuals of a couple, caling at dusk

A pair vocalising high up in a tree near Pafuri picnic area. 12:20pm.

Calls of a bird, joined by those of another at the end.

Song of adult male.

Sharp calls much before dawn

Song.

A male singing and performing a wing-whirring display.

Song

A bird singing after play-back.

call

A one minute sequence of a male calling (the complete call lasted more than five minutes).

Calling from close to the forest edge. 9:09am

Song

Male calling to female

Calls

A male calling while perched above its dancing ground.

Song of a male

A male singing.

A pair duetting.

A male calling

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