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15 of the Best Birdsongs (According to Britannica): Media

These birdbrains can carry a tune.

Videos

Listen: The song of the common blackbird
The common blackbird, or Turdus merula, is found in North Africa, and from...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the wood thrush
The wood thrush, or Hylocichla mustelina, is found in the Central and Eastern...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the yellow warbler
The yellow warbler, or Setophaga petechia, is found in North America, from...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The call of the common nightingale
The common nightingale, or Luscinia megarhynchos, is found in selective...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the house sparrow
The house sparrow, or Passer domesticus, is native to Eurasia and North...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the Western meadowlark
The western meadowlark, or Sturnella neglecta, is found in North America,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the European starling
The European starling, or Sturnus vulgaris, is native to Eurasia and North...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The call of the summer tanager
The summer tanager, or Piranga rubra, is found in North America, from the...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The Song of the Common Loon
The common loon, or Gavia immer, is found in Canada and the U.S.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The call of the Eurasian magpie
The Eurasian magpie, or Pica pica, is found across Eurasia as well as and...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the bobolink
The bobolink, or Dolichonyx oryzivorus, is found from Eastern and central...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the northern mockingbird
The northern mockingbird, or Mimus polyglottos, is found in the United States...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the canary
The canary, or Serinus canaria, is native to the Canary, Azores and Madeira...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The call of the song sparrow
The song sparrow, or Melospiza melodia, is found in North America, from...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Listen: The song of the zebra finch
The zebra finch, or Taeniopygia guttata, is found in Australia and Indonesia.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Images

White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
White-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), Shenandoah National Park,...
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