Common Blackbird, Turdus merula merula
Recording AV#13056.
Germany: Obertshausen Anglersee (50.0619, 8.8238)
recorded by Pamela C. Rasmussen
Recording Characterization
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AVoCet catalog # | AV13056 |
Audio duration (s) | 154.3 |
ID confidence and determination | 100% seen well singing |
Other identified bird species | Phylloscopus collybita |
Other noise | wind |
Sound types present | song |
Grade of best portion | good |
Playback used | no |
Individual Characterization
Sex | male Determined by: plumage |
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Age | adult Determined by: plumage |
Behavior | perched near top of tree, body at diagonal, mouth opened obviously with each song, throat and breast feathers puffing out during each song and wings raised slightly, bird looking around between songs but not doing anything else |
Group size | 1 |
Environment
Recording date | June 23, 2011 |
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Time recorded (24h) | 16:50h |
Location | Germany: Obertshausen Anglersee (50.0619, 8.8238) Coordinates determined by: Google Earth |
Elevation (m) | 126 Determined by: Google Earth |
Habitat | tree-fringed small lake |
Additional Information
Recordist name | Pamela C. Rasmussen |
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Copyright/permissions | copyright by recordist, freely available for non-commercial use with attribution |
Recording Equipment | Nagra Ares BB+, Sennheiser ME-66 |

Audio recording file "AV13056" by
Pamela C. Rasmussen
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at avocet.integrativebiology.natsci.msu.edu/recordings/13056.