Bird Songs & Calls of Britain & Europe Vol 3: Cuckoos to hippolais warblers
J C Roché et al
Songs and calls of 102 regular breeding and migrant species of Britain and Western Europe in systematic order. Cuckoos, owls, nightjars to woodpeckers, larks to pipits to chats to Hippolais warblers.
Each species is indexed by track number or time and is not interrupted by announcements. Some tracks have two species per track - Green and Iberian Woodpeckers; Rock and Water Pipits; Western and Eastern Olivaceous Warblers.
The CD case has a handy guide on the back for quick and easy reference. An explanatory booklet lists the birds by their common and scientific names and provides details of the type and duration of the sounds. 74 min.
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Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops |
Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo |
Snowy Owl | Nyctea scandiaca |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco |
Ural Owl | Strix uralensis |
Great Gray Owl | Strix nebulosa |
Northern Hawk Owl | Surnia ulula |
Eurasian Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium passerinum |
Little Owl | Athene noctua |
Tengmalm's Owl | Aegolius funereus |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis |
European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus |
Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus |
Common Swift | Apus apus |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
European Roller | Coracias garrulus |
Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides minor |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides medius |
White-backed Woodpecker | Picoides leucotos |
Syrian Woodpecker | Picoides syriacus |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides major |
Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius |
Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis |
Grey-headed Green Woodpecker | Picus canus |
Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Lesser Short-toed Lark | Calandrella rufescens |
DuPont's Lark | Chersophilus duponti |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata |
Thekla Lark | Galerida theklae |
Wood Lark | Lullula arborea |
Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
Eurasian Crag Martin | Hirundo rupestris |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
House Martin | Delichon urbica |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
White / Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta |
Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus |
Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus |
Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris |
Hedge Accentor | Prunella modularis |
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus |
Common Blackbird | Turdus merula |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
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Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica |
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
Black Wheatear | Oenanthe leucura |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka |
Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti |
Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia |
River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis |
Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides |
Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon |
Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris |
Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais pallida |
Western Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais opaca |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum |
Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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