Vögel in ornitho.ch berichtet für La Sauge

A total of 40 species is included, 38 of them have been observed. Birds not observed yet Dunlin Caspian tern

Great egret / Silberreiher (Ardea alba)

Alternate classification: Casmerodius albus, Egretta alba, Egretta albus, Casmerodius albus

Description

Classification: Genus Great herons (Ardea); Family Herons (Ardeidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Auf dem Heimweg von Schwanden haben wir bei Benken ganz weisse Reiher gesehen. Laut ornitho.ch waren sie Silberreiher.
General: Bei den meisten Quellen heisst es, sie sind in der Schweiz nur Durchzüger oder Wintergäste. Aber laut Balzari und Gygax, brüten auch einige Vögel am Lac Neuchatel seit 2013.
General: Deutschland: Zugvogel, Wintergast
Vocalization:

Silent outside breeding ground. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 03-01 - 05-31
Migration out: 08-09 - 11-15

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=85-102 cm, wingspan=140-170 cm, weight=960-1030 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Calls:

In colonies various harsh calls like a dry, and mechanical "kerrrrrrr", and a very nasal "geet" or "ga-geet ga-geet" are heard. [Link] 1: Partly an awkward quack: uck uck. Rattles. Deep-toned urrr. Higher-toned trill.
2: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
XC751146 - Great Egret - Ardea alba - call and flight call - Shanghai, China.

♫ (flight call)

Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz),
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Western marsh harrier / Rohrweihe (Circus aeruginosus)

Also known as: Marsh harrier, Eurasian marsh-harrier, Eurasian marsh-harrier, Western marsh-harrier

Description

Classification: Genus Harriers (Circus); Subfamily True hawks (Accipitrinae); Family Accipitridae (Accipitridae)
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 03-12 - 06-09
Migration out: 07-29 - 10-27

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=48-56 cm, wingspan=115-130 cm, weight=405-800 g
Habitats: Agricultural

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ (call)

Calls:

Call: A sharp "kwii-uuu" of about a seconds length, rapidly ascending in pitch, and ending on a falling tone. [Link] No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.

Call attributes: song Frequency: ,
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Eurasian curlew / Grosser Brachvogel (Numenius arquata)

Also known as: Grosse Brachvögel

Description

Classification: Genus Curlews (Numenius); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
General: In Jona findet man viele auf der Wiese unter Obstbäumen, anscheinend weil es dort viele Insekten und Schnecken gibt (siehe oben).
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 1
Geography:

Die Brachvögel brütet im Moment recht viel in Vergleich mit früher. [Link]
Diet: Nabu: Auf dem Speiseplan des Großen Brachvogels stehen vor allem Insekten und deren Larven und andere Kleintiere wie Schnecken und Regenwürmer, aber auch Krebstierchen. Ab und zu frisst er auch Amphibien, Reptilien oder Fische. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 02-20 - 05-10
Migration out: 07-10 - 12-07

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=50-60 cm, wingspan=80-100 cm, weight=540-1300 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song:

Song starts similar to Whimbrel, with long wailing notes "kluuueee", but takes on a different ending as it accelerates to an ascending phrase repeated in rapid cycles . [Link] Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ (flight call)

Das Männchen steigt mit einzelnen, klangvollen Rufen auf, die vor der Landung in einen weithin hörbaren Triller übergehen. [Link]

Call attributes: flight call Call melody: simple rhythmic, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz),
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Common sandpiper / Flussuferläufer (Actitis hypoleucos)

Alternate classification: Tringa hypoleucos

Description

Classification: Genus Actitis (Actitis); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 2
Etymology: Birdweather: Mein Birdweather Gerät hat öfter das Gefühl dass es einen Flussuferläufer hört; Merlin hat es auch einmal gemeldet. [Link]

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=19-21 cm, wingspan=38-41 cm, weight=40-60 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2024-08-08 07:22:45 (call)

Calls:

Very vocal with characteristic repertoire of very high-pitched calls. Often heard is a disyllabic call, drawn out and slightly rising in pitch in the second part. This is often repeated in a series of rising tones in a cyclic manner, with approx 5 tones in each cycle. [Link] 1: High-pitched, at least in Birdweather detection
XC927032 - Common Sandpiper 2-note call - Actitis hypoleucos.

♫ (call)

2: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
XC924773 - Common Sandpiper flight call, swoop, 2 to 8 notes - Actitis hypoleucos.

♫ (flight call)

Call attributes: Call melody: simple rhythmic, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz),
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♫ (call)

♫ 2024-09-08 07:39:00 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

Bluethroat / Blaukehlchen (Luscinia svecica)

Alternate classification: Erithacus svecius

Description

Classification: Genus Luscinia (Luscinia); Family Thrushes (Turdidae)
General: Looking for it in Kaltbrunnenriet - didn't find it in June 2022.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel seit 2016 nicht mehr auf der Vorwarnliste
Appearance and identification: Sparrow-brown head, then strong blue, orange-brown, blue,dark brown, orange-brown, ending in a white belly!

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-12 - 10-07
Breeding: 05-01 - 07-29
Migration in: 03-12 - 05-01
Migration out: 08-09 - 10-07

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=14 cm, wingspan=20-22 cm, weight=15-25 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: Often one little phrase or even a single note repeated, a bit like a nightingale? Occasional figaro?
Song:

Song: Structure slightly similar to Nightingale, but tone much thinner and less full-bodied. A good impersonator and various imitations are interwoven among metallic, ringing sounds to form a complex, intriguing song. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: improvised melodic, fast, Frequency: 3-8 KHz Special sounds: trill
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♫ (song)

♫ Spain (song)

Bearded reedling / Bartmeise (Panurus biarmicus)

Description

Classification: Genus Panurus (Panurus); Family Old world warblers (Sylviidae)
General:

The bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) is a small, sexually dimorphic reed-bed passerine bird. It is frequently known as the bearded tit, due to some similarities to the long-tailed tit, or the bearded parrotbill. It is the only species in the family Panuridae. [more]
Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel
Vocalization:

More often heard than seen. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 03-12 - 08-09

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=12 cm, wingspan=16-18 cm, weight=12-18 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song:

Song a primitive, 3-syllable phrase, consisting of contact call-like sounds. [Link] Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2024-09-14 09:21:00 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (call)

Calls:

Usually identified by contact call; a ringing, explosive "tschin" with a characteristic "dirty" timbre. Also a hard and very short "pit", often mixed with the previous. [Link] Chirping
XC765306 - Bearded Reedling - Panurus biarmicus - two types of calls, one-note and two-note.

♫ (song)

Call attributes: Melody: simple rhythmic, fast, Frequency: 3-7 KHz
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♫ 2024-09-14 09:21:00 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (call)

Graylag goose / Graugans (Anser anser)

Alternate classification: Anas anser

Also known as: Greylag goose, Graugänse

Description

Classification: Genus Geese (Anser); Tribe Anserini (Anserini); Subfamily Anserinae (Anserinae); Family Waterfowl (Anatidae)
General: Found on practically all Swiss lakes, especially north of the alps.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Appearance and identification:

Grösste europäische Wildgans. [Link]
Vocalization:

Various cackling and honking sounds "gaiiiaia-ga-ga". [Link]

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=75-90 cm, wingspan=147-180 cm, weight=2100-4300 g
Habitats: River and lake
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Common greenshank / Grünschenkel (Tringa nebularia)

Description

Classification: Genus Tringa (Tringa); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: ausnahmsweise Brutvogel, Zugvogel
Vocalization:

Most heard is a characteristic, trisyllabic "tew-tew-tew" (sometimes two or four syllables). Can resemble redshank, but pitch more stable, and not falling notably. Each syllable is clearly separated and equally emphasized. [Link]

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=30-33 cm, wingspan=68-70 cm, weight=130-270 g
Habitats: Wetland
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Common kingfisher / Eisvogel (Alcedo atthis)

Alternate classification: Gracula atthis

Also known as: Eisvögel

Description

Classification: Genus Alcedo (Alcedo); Family Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
General: This is a favorite bird in Switzerland. On the one hand it's colorful and very active when seen in its hunting grounds at a waterway; on the other hand, it's seldom seen. Contrast the 400-500 breeding pairs with 400,000-550,000 of the everpresent great tits.
General: An apprentice for the nature center on Lake Pfaeffikon told us a bit about the kingfishers that hunt on a waterway that feeds into the lake. She said they spend the breeding season elsewhere in sandy areas and return to the lake in fall. I've read elsewhere that they watch for fish from convenient waterside branches. A classic motif for a picture is a branch sticking out of the water, and one photographer said he has actually placed a branch there, knowing the kingfisher would not be able to resist.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Etymology: Nabu: Ob der Name des Eisvogels (Alcedo atthis) tatsächlich mit Eis zu tun hat oder das eisblaue Rückengefieder Pate stand, ist strittig. Manche Deutungen leiten den Namen vom althochdeutschen „eisan“ für „schillern“ oder „glänzen“ ab. Der „Schillervogel“ wäre eine gute Beschreibung für das flirrende Farbenspiel, das der Eisvogel im Sitzen und erst recht im Flug bietet. Wieder andere Autoren interpretieren den „Eisvogel“ als „Eisenvogel“ und vermuten einen Bezug auf das stahlblaue Rücken- oder das rostfarbene Bauchgefieder des Eisvogels. [Link]
Seasonal Behavior:

Status (in CH): regelmässiger, spärlicher Brutvogel, Durchzügler und Wintergast. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-01 - 08-09

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=16-17 cm, wingspan=24-26 cm, weight=34-46 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ (song)

Calls:

Wikipedia says 'The common kingfisher has no song. The flight call is a short, sharp whistle chee repeated two or three times. Anxious birds emit a harsh, shrit-it-it and nestlings call for food with a churring noise.' The NABU app only has calls, which seems to confirm this. Therefore I'm classifying all recordings as calls, even though some say Song at Xeno-Canto. [Link]

Most heard is the thin and penetrating contact call: A short "tzee", or disyllabic "tzee-tzu", with a ringing metallic quality. In excitement it is often alternated with ringing trills "tzeerrrrrrrrrr". [Link]
Common kingfisher call from Xeno-Canto, similar to one from NABU app. Fairly high pitched single chirps or occasional high-low pairs.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: 5-7 KHz,
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♫ (song?)

♫ 2021-08-22 12:46:21 (song?)

♫ 2025-04-24 09:24:52

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-11-09 20:20:26 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:58:38 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-12 14:35:44 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-09-30 07:56:42 Shenandoah National Park (call)

Lesser spotted woodpecker / Kleinspecht (Dryobates minor)

Alternate classification: Picoides minor, Dendrocopos minor

Description

Classification: Genus Dryobates (Dryobates); Family Woodpeckers (Picidae)
General: Bisher gesehen aber nicht gehört!
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahresvogel, Wintergast RL V
Appearance and identification:

The smallest European woodpecker. ... From its small size and its habit of spending most of its time in the tops of tall trees in woods and parks, this little woodpecker is often overlooked, but if sighted on a trunk it may at once be identified by the broad barring on the wings and narrower bars across the lower back. [Link]

Der Kleinspecht ist der Zwerg unter den europäischen Spechten. Er macht sich im Frühjahr mit hohen Rufreihen und gleichmässigen Trommelwirbeln bemerkbar. [Link]
Habitat:

As above: spend(s) most of its time in the tops of tall trees [Link]
Vocalization:

Frequently drums in quite long series. Much longer than Great Spotted, and without ritardando. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-20 - 06-20

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=14-15 cm, wingspan=25-27 cm, weight=17-25 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: Drumming in lieu of song. Fast, constant.
Song attributes: Melody: simple rhythmic, fast, Frequency: 0-4 KHz Special sounds: drumming
♫ (drumming)

Calls:

Most common call a series of merlin-like "ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke" given at fairly stable pitch, and less hoarse than Merlin. Differs from Wryneck in lacking marked rise and fall in pitch, and being less plaintive. [Link] 1: Vogelwarte wie oben..hohe Rufreihen
XC625101 Kleinspecht call.

♫ (call)

2: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.

Call attributes: Call melody: simple rhythmic, fast, Frequency: high (3-9 KHz),
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♫ 2025-08-19 11:22:00 Switzerland (call)

Common redstart / Gartenrotschwanz (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Alternate classification: Motacilla phoenicurus

Description

Classification: Genus Phoenicurus (Phoenicurus); Family Old world flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel
Personal notes: I'd only seen them in Locarno - but I liked them! Later in our FOK expediton to cultural areas around Maienfeld, they were quite common. Also heard many near Frankfurt and Mainz.
Personal notes: I'd only seen them in Locarno - but I liked them! Later in our FOK expediton to cultural areas around Maienfeld, they were quite common. Also heard many near Frankfurt and Mainz.
Appearance and identification: Red-orange belly with white further down, grey back and head, black beard up to eyes with white eyebrows
Where to find it: In Locarno in 2020, they were often hidden in trees but also visible on powerlines. In 2021 one sang every morning at 5:00 in a gingko tree next to our room in Casa Egner.

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-20 - 10-25
Breeding: 05-01 - 07-15
Migration in: 03-20 - 05-07
Migration out: 07-15 - 10-25

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=14 cm, wingspan=20-24 cm, weight=11-19 g
Habitats: Settlement

Vocalisation

Song: I though I had these guys figured out after hearing them in Locarno several times, but they're hard to get a handle on! At BirdID they are described the first two parts of a three-part song like this: 'an ascending single note, immediately followed by a trill', whereas in Locarno I heard an initial high-low-high-low, sometimes without the final low, perhaps also a quick middle note, and no trill. Then a relatively short blackbird or warbler-like tune of maybe 5-8 notes. Listening to more recordings at XenoCanto has completely confused me now! BirdID also says the song is similar to the black redstart, which I sometimes hear at XenoCanto, but never did in Locarno! They also note a similarity to the Lesser Whitethroat (Klappergrasmücke), which I hope to hear in Maienfeld.
Song:

Fängt immer mit denselben 3 Tönen an, einem „dih dede“, wobei das dih etwa ein bis zwei Töne höher liegt. Dann folgt eine kurze Strophe mehr oder weniger reine Töne. Das Ganze ist ziemlich individuell. [Link]

Song distinct, with three parts: First an ascending single note, immediately followed by a trill, then concluding with a squeaky, rattling improvisation that usually contains some mimicry. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, slow, Frequency: high (3-9 KHz) Special sounds: mimicry Singing season: 04-01 - 07-31 Dawn chorus start: 80 minutes before dawn.
♫ 2021-05-10 05:07:35 Locarno (song)

Calls:

„Füid-tack“ das füid ähnlich dem des Fitislaubsängers, das tack schnalzend. (wie wenn man die Zunge schnell vom Gaumen abzieht) [Link]

Alarm call a slightly drawn, Willow Warbler-like "huit" with a rising pitch, followed by a short, soft "tuc". [Link] At least in French, this is called the huit call. Not very consistent in tone from one note to another. Some stick to 3-4 or 3-4.5 KHz, others 2.5-5.5.
XC551707 - Common Redstart - Phönicurus phönicurus.

♫ (song?)

XC146715 common redstart huit call.

♫ Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France recorded by Julien Rochefort - perhaps this isn't a good example as he writes 'An independent juvenile. Its calls are quite irregular. Difficult to distinguish from Phylloscopus collybita, when they don't insert the "tec tec" calls between "huit ...... huit"! But it was really a phoenicurus phoenicurus juvenile, easy to see, perched 15m from me.' (call)

XC560039 - Common Redstart - Phönicurus phönicurus phönicurus.

♫ (alarm call)

Call attributes: contact call Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: 2-5 KHz, Special sounds: whoop.
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♫ 2020-06-18 07:37:21 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-07-20 14:40:23 Weisslingen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-15 08:50:03 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-13 08:47:17 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-19 10:09:15 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-09 05:05:48 Muralto (song?)

♫ 2025-05-08 17:59:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-06-14 17:58:55 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-16 18:16:41 Locarno (call)

♫ 2021-05-10 08:00:54 Gambarogno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:24:16 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2021-05-29 10:47:46 Maienfeld (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:23:56 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-14 17:56:23 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-19 10:09:15 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-09-26 09:12:14 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2025-04-25 13:51:02

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 10:25:32 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:40:13 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-09 05:08:49 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-13 18:26:13 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2025-08-13 12:57:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-06-14 17:57:54 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-06-15 08:50:03 Locarno (song?)

Common redstart / Gartenrotschwanz (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) See above

Eurasian teal / Krickente (Anas crecca)

Alternate classification: Nettion crecca, Anas crecca crecca

Also known as: Common teal, Eurasian green-winged teal, Green-winged teal

Description

Classification: Genus Ducks (Anas); Tribe Dabbling ducks (Anatini); Subfamily Dabbling ducks plus extinct (Anatinae); Family Waterfowl (Anatidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Wintergast am Teich am Aa-Bach beim Südende des Pfäffikersee
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast RL 3
Etymology:

Die hellen «krrik»-Rufe der stimmfreudigen Erpel verhalfen dieser Art zu ihrem deutschen Namen. [Link]
Vocalization:

Male: characteristic, short, highly resonant and metallic "plytt". A bit similar to Pintail, but higher pitched and lacking accompanying whistling sound. Female: various quacking sounds generally quicker paced, more nasal and noticeably higher pitched than Mallard. [Link]

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=34-38 cm, wingspan=58-64 cm, weight=200-450 g
Habitats: River and lake

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ (song)

Blup blup, fast wie vom Computer generiert, fur mich nohe Noten (obwohl Sonogram nur 2.5 KHz zeigt)

Call attributes: Call melody: simple rhythmic, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz),
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♫ (call)

Mallard / Stockente (Anas platyrhynchos)

Alternate classification: Anas platyrhynchos f. domestica

Also known as: Northern mallard

Description

Classification: Genus Ducks (Anas); Tribe Dabbling ducks (Anatini); Subfamily Dabbling ducks plus extinct (Anatinae); Family Waterfowl (Anatidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Common waterbird at Pfäffikersee
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Etymology:

Der heutige Name kann als Hinweis auf ihre Brutplätze verstanden werden, zu denen auf Stock gesetzte Weiden, Weidengebüsch oder auch Reisighaufen gehören. ['Stock' wird weiter erklärt: Als Stockausschlag bezeichnet man bei Bäumen und Sträuchern Triebe, die nach dem Verlust der primären Sprossachse neu aus dem Stumpf oder Stubben (der dann „Stock“ genannt wird) austreiben.] [Link]

The name 'was derived from the Old French malart or mallart for "wild drake"' [Link]

Dazu zählt der charakteristische Grunzpfiff der Männchen, der lautmalerisch mit „gerijib“ oder „fihb“ umschrieben wird. [Link]
Vocalization:

Female: A distinct coarse, laughing quacking; "haaa ha ha ha ha ha", with first note accented and then descending in pitch. Male: a more silent, very nasal "rriib". [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 03-12 - 07-29
Migration in: 02-01 - 05-01
Migration out: 07-29 - 12-31

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=50-65 cm, wingspan=81-98 cm, weight=750-1450 g
Habitats: River and lake
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♫ 2021-02-15 09:11:22 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2026-02-28 08:51:28

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

Great cormorant / Kormoran (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Description

Classification: Genus Phalacrocorax (Phalacrocorax); Family Cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Seasonal Behavior:

Lokaler Brutvogel, regelmässiger, häufiger Durchzügler und Wintergast.[Brutpaare am Zürichsee und Greifensee bei Mönchaltorf] [Link]
Vocalization:

Mostly heard at breeding ground. Also deep, rattling and creaking sounds. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=80-100 cm, wingspan=130-160 cm, weight=1700-3000 g
Habitats: River and lake

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2021-05-19 07:39:23 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song)

Calls:

Coarse, vibrating calls "hahahahaharo". [Link] No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
XC770245 - Great Cormorant call - Phalacrocorax carbo.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: song Frequency: ,
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♫ 2024-09-14 08:33:00 La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2022-06-23 15:52:40

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

Little egret / Seidenreiher (Egretta garzetta)

Description

Classification: Genus Plumed egrets (Egretta); Family Herons (Ardeidae)

Appearance and identification: The little egret has yellow feet but dark gray legs and beak
Vocalization:

Sometimes utters a dry, rasping "kerrr" when flushed, but is mostly silent away from breeding ground. In colonies a peculiar gurgling and vibrating sound is heard; "ghala-la-la-la". [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 09-28 - 10-07
Migration out: 09-28 - 10-05

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Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=55-65 cm, wingspan=88-95 cm, weight=350-550 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ Spain (call)

Sort of a quack, brighter and higher than grey heron, with a bit of wawa.

Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz),
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Grey heron / Graureiher (Ardea cinerea)

Also known as: Gray heron, Fischreiher

Description

Classification: Genus Great herons (Ardea); Family Herons (Ardeidae)
General: Frequent visitor.
General: Normally in the fields looking for food, also seen flying over or standing in the Luppmen (brook).
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Vocalization:

Quite vocal. At breeding ground a varied repertoire of harsh and clattering sounds. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 02-01 - 08-29
Migration in: 02-01 - 04-11
Migration out: 07-10 - 10-27

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=90-98 cm, wingspan=175-195 cm, weight=1020-2073 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2024-11-01 08:26:54 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

Calls:

Most common call a short, far reaching and extremely harsh, rasping sound. [Link] General: Mechanical-sounding sort-of-a-quack
Call:

Quite vocal. Most common call a short, far reaching and extremely harsh, rasping sound. At breeding ground a varied repertoire of harsh and clattering sounds. [Link]
XC876171 - Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea - call - Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz), Special sounds: rasp.
Details

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Common buzzard / Mäusebussard (Buteo buteo)

Alternate classification: Falco buteo

Also known as: Eurasian buzzard

Description

Classification: Genus Hawks (Buteo); Subfamily Buteoninae (Buteoninae); Family Accipitridae (Accipitridae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General:

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. A member of the genus Buteo, it is a member of the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across much of the Palearctic as far as the northwestern China (Tien Shan), far western Siberia and northwestern Mongolia.^[1]^[2] Over much of its range, it is a year-round resident. However, buzzards from the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere as well as those that breed in the eastern part of their range typically migrate south for the northern winter, many journeying as far as South Africa.^[3] The common buzzard is an opportunistic predator that can take a wide variety of prey, but it feeds mostly on small mammals, especially rodents such as voles. It typically hunts from a perch.^[4] Like most accipitrid birds of prey, it builds a nest, typically in trees in this species, and is a devoted parent to a relatively small brood of young.^[2] The common buzzard appears to be the most common diurnal raptor in Europe, as estimates of its total global population run well into the millions.^[2]^[5] [more]
Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Vocalization:

Quite vocal. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=51-57 cm, wingspan=113-128 cm, weight=550-1300 g
Habitats: Agricultural

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2026-02-24 16:08:50

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (call)

Calls:

Most typical call a wailing, mewing "peeoooo". Quite similar to Rough-legged Buzzard, but the pitch falls more rapidly and is then sustained for the last part of the call. [Link] Klingt ähnlich wie Rotmilan aber kürzer
XC917665 - Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo - call.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: simple rhythmic, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz), Special sounds: swoop.
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♫ 2020-04-27 13:26:43 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-04-21 09:06:53 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 10:28:12 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-22 16:09:52 Russikon (song?)

♫ 2025-07-18 10:23:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2025-08-22 14:30:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-09-04 16:00:25 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-07-20 15:22:27 Weisslingen (song?)

Common snipe / Bekassine (Gallinago gallinago)

Alternate classification: Capella gallinago

Description

Classification: Genus Gallinago (Gallinago); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General:

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. [more]
Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel, Wintergast RL 1
Vocalization:

Quite vocal, especially at breeding ground. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 01-01 - 05-21
Migration out: 07-20 - 12-31

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=25-27 cm, wingspan=44-47 cm, weight=80-140 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song:

Song an unmistakable bleating, drumming sound produced by vibrating tail feathers in sky-dives. [Link] Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ (song)

Calls:

Almost always give diagnostic hoarse and nasal "kaaat" call when flushed. Another territorial call is a rhythmic, mechanical and sharp "tika-tika-tka", or "ika-ka-ka". [Link]
XC947581 - Common Snipe flight call - Gallinago gallinago.

♫ (flight call)

Call attributes: flight call Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz), Special sounds: quack.
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Yellow-legged gull / Mittelmeermöwe (Larus michahellis)

Alternate classification: Larus argentatus michahellis

Description

Classification: Genus Larus (Larus); Subfamily Larinae (Larinae); Family Gulls (Laridae)
General:

The yellow-legged gull is a large gull found in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which has only recently achieved wide recognition as a distinct species. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of either the Caspian gull L. cachinnans, or more broadly as a subspecies of the herring gull L. argentatus. The genus name is from Latin Larus which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird, and the species name honours the German zoologist Karl Michahelles.^[2] [more]
Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Vocalization:

Voice more nasal than Herring Gull, but ID by sound difficult. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=59-67 cm, wingspan=140-158 cm, weight=750-1500 g
not sexually dimporphic.
No breeding plumage Identifying characteristics: general: head = gray (sprinkled), beak = yellow (yellow orange with a red tip esp. on the lower half), legs = yellow (yellow orange), wings = gray, tail = black (with white stripes)
Habitats: River and lake

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2025-09-26 16:12:00 Chioggia (song)

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♫ 2024-05-28 03:57:00 Merlin suggested additional birds: Mittelmeermöwe, Zwergohreule, Misteldrossel, Amsel. Levanto (song)

♫ 2025-09-26 16:12:00 Chioggia (song)

♫ 2024-05-30 04:43:32

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Levanto (song?)

♫ 2024-05-28 07:00:56

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Levanto (song?)

Common wood pigeon / Ringeltaube (Columba palumbus)

Also known as: Common woodpigeon, Common wood-pigeon, Wood pigeon

Description

Classification: Genus Columba (Columba); Family Pigeons (Columbidae)
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-01 - 10-25

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=40-42 cm, wingspan=75-80 cm, weight=284-614 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song:

Gu-guh-guh-guh guh-gugugu –gu. „ Hansrüdi wo geisch hi, ga Thun, was ga mache, ga Mähl hole, wiviel, es mutt“ [Link]

Song a 5 syllable cooing phrase, with emphasis on first syllable (1.st also higher pitched). Fift syllable functions as an introduction to next phrase. [Link] Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2025-05-30 18:15:00 Switzerland (song)

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♫ 2020-04-27 13:13:11 BirdNet says wood pigeon, but I normally see collared doves or feral pigeons here. Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-05-30 18:15:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-04-18 07:32:58 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 15:35:00 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2025-06-17 08:14:04

Source: Zoom H2n Freudwil (song)

♫ 2020-05-10 15:15:10 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-23 18:19:45 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 17:15:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-06-08 07:33:00 Stromboli (song)

♫ 2020-06-03 08:32:57 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2026-04-29 17:59:18

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

Common kingfisher / Eisvogel (Alcedo atthis) See above

Barn swallow / Rauchschwalbe (Hirundo rustica)

Description

Classification: Genus Hirundo (Hirundo); Family Swallows (Hirundinidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL V
Good to know: Die langen Schwanzfedern vom Rauchschwalbe und anderen geben auch dem Schmetterling Schwalbenschwanz seine deutschen Namen.
Etymology:

In früheren Jahrhunderten flogen sie vielfach durch die Öffnungen im Giebel ein und aus, durch die auch der Rauch des Herdfeuers abzog. So erhielten sie den Namen Rauchschwalben. [Link]
Appearance and identification:

Rauchschwalbes Bauch ist etwas braun rot, nicht weiss wie der von der Mehlschwalbe - was wahrscheinlich Quelle der zwei Namen ist. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-01 - 10-27
Breeding: 04-20 - 09-17
Migration in: 03-01 - 05-31
Migration out: 08-18 - 10-27

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=17-19 cm, wingspan=32-34 cm, weight=16-22 g
Habitats: Settlement

Similar species

Looks similar to: Common house martin.

Vocalisation

Song: General: Squeaky with occasional buzzes, usually heard in flock.
Song:

Kann melodisch sein wenn einzeln gehört statt viele zusammen. [Link]
Song:

Characteristic calls and song. Song a sparkling, squeaky energetic improvisation with interspersed contact calls, often with diagnostic ending; an electric and drawn-out "su-eerrrrrrrrrrrrrrr". [Link] Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, fast, Frequency: 2-6 KHz
Calls:

Contact call a short and sharp "weet" or "kee-weet". [Link]
XC898815 - Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica - flight call.

♫ (flight call)

Call attributes: flight call Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz),
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♫ 2025-08-31 10:48:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-08-18 13:01:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-07-23 17:13:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2024-09-08 07:37:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 09:43:58 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ (song)

♫ 2025-04-28 07:30:06

Source: Zoom H2n Locarno (song?)

♫ (song)

♫ 2025-08-18 18:05:00 Wildert (song?)

Black-crowned night-heron / Nachtreiher (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Also known as: Black-crowned night heron

Description

Classification: Genus Night herons (Nycticorax); Family Herons (Ardeidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brutvogel, seltener Zugvogel RL 1

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-23 - 09-28
Migration in: 09-07 - 09-14
Migration out: 09-07 - 09-28

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=58-65 cm, wingspan=105-112 cm, weight=500-800 g
Habitats: Wetland
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Common kingfisher / Eisvogel (Alcedo atthis) See above

Common house martin / Mehlschwalbe (Delichon urbicum)

Alternate classification: Delichon urbica

Also known as: Northern House Martin, Common house-martin, Common house-martin, Western house-martin, Northern house martin

Description

Classification: Genus Delichon (Delichon); Family Swallows (Hirundinidae)
General: This one is a swallow in German but a martin in English.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL V
Etymology:

Der Kontaktlaut ist ein hartes trieer, gelegentlich lautmalerisch auch als chirrp umschrieben. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-23 - 10-27
Breeding: 05-21 - 09-28
Migration in: 03-23 - 06-09
Migration out: 08-18 - 10-27

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=12 cm, wingspan=26-29 cm, weight=15-23 g
Habitats: Settlement

Similar species

Looks similar to: Barn swallow.

Vocalisation

Song: Song:

Mehlschwalbe klingt weniger melodisch als der Rauchschwalbe [Link]

Merry improv of chirping, contact call [Link]
Song:

Song a merry improvisation of chirping, contact call-like sounds (sometimes recalling a budgerigar). [Link] Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic, fast, Frequency: 2-7 KHz
♫ Spain (song)

Calls:

Contact call a rolling "krreet". Similar to Sand Martin but noticeably dryer, more rolling and less raucous. Typically varies the pitch of the call more. Warning call a sharp and plaintive "tsreee". [Link] 1: Heard from in the air, loud, with lots of chirps!
2:
XC742347 - Common House Martin - Delichon urbicum - flight call, recorded in Spain.

♫ Spain (flight call)

Birdnet 864 flight call - Common house martin.

♫ 2020-08-10 14:45:28 Luppmen (flight call)

Call attributes: Call melody: simple rhythmic, fast, Frequency: 4-7 KHz,
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♫ 2021-05-10 08:00:54 Gambarogno (song?)

♫ 2025-09-02 19:47:00 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2021-08-01 15:57:37 Fehraltorf (song?)

Eurasian wren / Zaunkönig (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Alternate classification: Nannus troglodytes

Description

Classification: Genus Troglodytes (Troglodytes); Subfamily Troglodytinae (Troglodytinae); Family Certhiidae (Certhiidae)
General: The third smallest bird in Switzerland, after the goldcrest and firecrest
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Etymology:

The scientific name is taken from the Greek word "troglodytes" (from trogle a hole, and dyein to creep), meaning "cave-dweller",[4] and refers to its habit of disappearing into cavities or crevices whilst hunting arthropods or to roost. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-11 - 08-18
Migration in: 03-01 - 04-20
Migration out: 08-29 - 11-06

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=9-10 cm, wingspan=13-17 cm, weight=7-12 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: High-pitched, melodic, very variable with many trills and whistles. At least 3 seconds long, switching low to high 6 times or more, always a trill in the mix.
Der deutsche Kalendar für 2025 sagt, sie könnten ab Drei-Königs-Tag singen, d.h. ab 6. Januar. nabu.de sagt ab 1. Februar, Drei-Königs-Tag ist eventuell nur wegen dem Namen Zaunkönig?
Song:

Auffällig laut für den kleinen Vogel. Singt auch im Winter! Schmetternd, mit einem bis zwei Trillern als letztes oder vorletztes Glied. [Link]

Song surprisingly loud. A high-pitched stream of clear notes resembling Robin and Dunnock in timbre. Differs from those in showing frequent shifts in pitch with much larger register than Dunnock, and by the unique, numerous, interspersed long trills. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: improvised melodic, fast, Frequency: high (3-9 KHz) Special sounds: trill Singing season: 02-01 - 07-31 Dawn chorus start: 60 minutes before dawn.
♫ (song)

Calls:

„zerr“ (z-und rr-gleichzeitig) auch durchdringendes „tzr“(Gezetter) [Link]

Warning call a short hard "teck", like banging two rocks together. Often repeated in series when excited to form machine-gun-like "firing". [Link] Sputtery/drippy/trilly repeated notes at 3-8 KHz. June 2022 heard check calls that were distinctly irregularly in their rhythm.
XC195946 - Eurasian Wren call - Troglodytes troglodytes.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: 3-8 KHz, Special sounds: sputter/pebble-clatter.
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♫ 2020-06-27 15:59:50 Alpweg (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 09:58:19 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-23 08:25:04

Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:31:34 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-02-10 09:11:00 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2026-03-07 08:38:42

Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2025-02-08 12:41:00 Rapperswil (song?)

♫ 2024-05-20 08:38:44

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) (song?)

♫ 2025-03-09 09:14:50

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-17 08:05:25 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:43:19 Uster (call)

♫ 2019-07-07 11:41:41 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-04-13 08:07:48

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:48:15 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:16:30

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:47:03 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:18:10 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 10:43:48 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-05-13 08:05:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-02-25 15:48:06 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:28:12

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

♫ (song)

♫ 2024-11-01 06:38:22 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2019-06-04 12:36:07 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-22 09:08:40

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2020-11-30 16:56:23 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:48:15 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2023-02-21 12:21:50

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 09:43:19 Uster (call)

♫ 2025-06-17 08:05:30

Source: Zoom H2n Freudwil (song)

♫ 2020-07-01 07:13:26 Alpweg (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:57:24

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (call)

♫ 2020-11-30 21:40:16 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-06-09 07:15:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-09-06 11:33:00 Hirzli (call)

♫ 2025-03-29 07:03:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2022-06-19 11:48:31 (song?)

♫ 2024-08-07 08:17:00 Thon, Schwanden (call)

♫ 2020-11-30 21:40:29 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-06-25 08:38:18

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Mettmenalp, GL (song)

♫ 2023-06-13 12:53:22

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wald bei Speck (song)

♫ 2025-03-08 08:46:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-05-19 07:25:03 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2025-03-15 09:52:04

Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-03 11:29:30 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-07-20 13:59:25 Weisslingen (song?)

♫ 2019-07-07 11:41:41 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 11:52:49 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2025-06-08 08:07:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2020-07-01 07:58:29 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2019-06-04 12:36:07 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-04 09:20:32

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-07-14 16:03:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 10:36:53 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2023-02-21 12:23:46

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:40:36 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:12:31 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:40:36 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-31 09:18:00 Wildert (call)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:33:58

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2024-09-08 08:25:00 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-03-29 11:16:16 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:36:53 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-05-13 08:09:34

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-06-27 16:05:47 Alpweg (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:47:52 Luppmen (song?)

♫ (song)

♫ 2025-03-23 07:25:04

Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song)

♫ 2023-02-21 12:29:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:15:12

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

European pied flycatcher / Trauerschnäpper (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Description

Classification: Genus Ficedula (Ficedula); Family Old world flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 3
Etymology: Vögel mit viel schwarzem Gefieder werden in der Vogelnamensgebung gerne mit dem Wortzusatz „Trauer“ versehen. Denn durch dieses „Trauerkleid“ unterscheiden sie sich von verwandten Arten, die nicht schwarz gefärbt sind. [lbv.de]
Appearance and identification:

Kleiner SW Vogel, Kopf schwarz mit weissem Punkt an der Stirn, Bauch weiss. Gesang gar nicht traurig! [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 04-01 - 10-18
Breeding: 05-01 - 07-20
Migration in: 04-01 - 05-31
Migration out: 07-20 - 10-18

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=13 cm, wingspan=21-24 cm, weight=10-15 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: Nice short melody, often with 2-note parts. Blackbird-like but little variation (though differs in dialect).
Song:

Song a pleasant, tuneful, simple but varied phrase. [Link] Song attributes: Mnemnoic: Schwarzer Kopf aber nicht traurig Melody: stereotype melodic, fast, Frequency: 3-10 KHz
♫ (song)

Calls:

Alarm call a sharp, energetic "wit", often in combination with a short "tic"; "whit-tic". Typically starts with disyllabic notes being repeated 3-5 times, diminishing in pitch and intensity like an echo of the first two syllables. Occasionally throws in a quick diagnostic ascending scale excercise. Clear notes and well defined pauses between phrases. [Link]
XC918321 - European Pied Flycatcher one-note call - Ficedula hypoleuca.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz), Special sounds: whoop.
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♫ 2021-05-04 09:33:46 Flachsee am Reuss (song?)

♫ 2021-05-04 09:33:46 Flachsee am Reuss (song?)

♫ 2024-09-14 08:01:00 La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2025-05-08 17:56:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-04-15 10:51:08 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 08:19:32 Gambarogno (song?)

Marsh tit / Sumpfmeise (Poecile palustris)

Alternate classification: Parus palustris, Parus palustris

Description

Classification: Genus Poecile (Poecile); Family Titmice (Paridae)
General: I see them occasionally at the Luppmen or our house, but maybe 1% as often as Kohlmeisen and Blaumeisen. BirdNet suggested a Wiesenmeise, but those are rare here and Sumpfmeisen not uncommon according to BirdLife Zurich
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahresvogel
Etymology:

Auch Nonnenmeise genannt - weil es auch eine Mönchmeise gibt? [Link]
Vocalization:

Most easily identified by sound. Especially in areas where plumage is less distinct compared to Willow Tit, like in Britain. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-01 - 06-29

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=11 cm, wingspan=18-19 cm, weight=10-13 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: General: Higher-pitched than great tit, sometimes repetitive 1- and 2-note tunes like them, sometimes simple melodies, usually pure, sometimes chirpy or raspy.
Song:

'Song: A simple one or two note call repeated in series. Usually rising slightly in pitch, and with a "liquid" quality.'. [Link]

At bird-song.ch it's hl-rest-hl, or 7-8 2-noter swoops. bird-song.ch names lh-break-hl as a pistjä call and also has a series of 7 or 8 falling 'swoops'. [Link]
Song: Klapperlied - 6-8 Noten 'angeschlagen'
Song:

Klapperlied. Reihe (6-8) weich angeschlagene Töne mittlerer Höhe. Ähnlich der Klappergrasmücke aber weicher. (Sumpf ist weich) Oft auch Rufe wie „psja“ zu hören. Ziemlich scharf u. gepresst. [Link] Song attributes: Mnemnoic: 1-Noter, Sumpf laenger als Kohl Melody: simple rhythmic (hhmmlll), fast, Frequency: 2-10 KHz
♫ (song)

♫ (song)

Calls:

Most typical call an explosive, sneeze-like "pee-choo", starting high-pitched and ending on a lower note.

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. [Link] 1: Falling note, relatively long, sometimes repeated - like the pee below without the choo?
Call from Xeno-Canto

♫ (call)

'Swooping' call on the Luppmen

♫ 2020-10-21 08:38:51 Chiffchaff calls go up, marsh tit calls down! Luppmen (song?)

2: BirdID (at Nord U.) says an explosive, sneeze-like "pee-choo",, similar to Blaumeise with clear note followed by rough ones, but hll
Call from Xeno-Canto

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: 6-9 KHz, Special sounds: swoop.
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♫ (call)

♫ 2020-09-20 14:54:03 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-06-27 07:03:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-12-05 09:45:33 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-02-05 15:32:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-05-04 06:51:23 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-11-08 14:54:26 Uster (song?)

♫ 2020-09-21 14:37:11 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ (song?)

♫ 2024-12-18 12:39:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:26:58

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (drumming)

♫ 2023-06-13 12:53:22

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wald bei Speck (song)

♫ 2021-01-07 12:16:17 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-24 15:40:46 Luppmen (call)

♫ 2020-09-02 15:12:11 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-10-31 15:34:05 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ (song)

♫ 2020-05-29 07:37:46 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-09-20 14:54:53 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-04-04 14:05:46 Carona (song?)

♫ 2024-09-09 08:09:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2024-12-18 12:39:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:31:24 Fehraltorf (song)

Eurasian blue tit / Blaumeise (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Alternate classification: Parus caeruleus, Parus caeruleus

Also known as: Blue tit

Description

Classification: Genus Cyanistes (Cyanistes); Family Titmice (Paridae)
General: Ich habe das erste mal eine Blaumeise bei uns daheim erkannt in April 2020, eine junge erst Juni 2020, und den Unterschied zwischen Jugendkleid und Schlicht/Prachtkleid erst in Juli 2021 kennengelertn.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Personal notes: In How to be a Bad Birdwatcher, Simon Barnes nicely explains hierarchies in feeding groups and how niches prevent blue tits from being starved by the larger, more dominant great tits. Normally they forage differently, he says, and at feeders it's simply clear to both that the great tit goes first. However in May 2021, we watched a blue tit repeatedly chase off a great tit that landed at the feeder where he was already enjoying some sunflower seeds! There are always exceptions to the rules!

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-01 - 07-29
Migration in: 03-01 - 05-10
Migration out: 08-29 - 11-06

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=11 cm, wingspan=17-20 cm, weight=9-12 g
Habitats: Settlement
Social groups can include up to 12 members. Can appear in social groups with other species: Great tit.

Vocalisation

Song: General: High-pitched, often descending (hhll), occasionally ascending. "Christina compares it to a ping-pong ball dropping.
[In Januar singt die Kohlmeise als erster Vogel in Deutschland], dann kommt die Blaumeise dazu.
Song:

Song: Characteristic, clear, high-pitched, vibrating call. Usually introduced by a couple of accenting syllables, followed by ringing vibrating notes: "ti ti chuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu". [Link] Song attributes: Melody: simple rhythmic (h ll), slow, Frequency: 3-9 KHz Special sounds: trill Singing season: 01-01 - 06-30 Dawn chorus start: 35 minutes before dawn.
♫ 2025-03-17 12:55:34

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2025-03-29 10:19:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2025-03-17 12:19:07

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song)

Calls:

Scolding alarm call: "tee-tee-tee-chirruwitt" similar to Great Tit. [Link] 1: Low-high-high, with lightly raspy start, rather high.
XC574294 blaumeise call.

♫ (call)

2: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN_VIA_ZOOM
Kleine Blaumeisen machen Bettelrufe vom Haus an unserem Balkon, am Schluss hört auch mal einen Erwachsenen.

♫ 2026-05-16 13:53:30

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (begging call)

XC581312 blaumeise begging call.

♫ (begging call)

Call attributes: Call melody: simple rhythmic, slow, Frequency: high (3-9 KHz),
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♫ 2020-04-15 17:58:14 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2024-10-31 13:17:41 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-21 22:02:57 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 06:29:32 Muralto (song?)

♫ 2025-04-24 10:20:18

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 06:22:20 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-06-01 11:30:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-13 06:32:07 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-24 10:19:09 Pfäffikersee (song?)

♫ 2020-10-28 07:38:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-04-22 09:24:42 Pfäffikersee (song?)

♫ 2025-04-13 08:07:48

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 09:26:15 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-01-12 08:27:00 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ (song?)

♫ 2020-10-28 07:48:05 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-15 17:58:14 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-02-28 09:13:00

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

♫ 2023-06-19 07:07:05

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Bolle di Magadino (song?)

♫ 2025-04-25 13:42:28

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 06:49:59 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 06:17:05 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2024-09-14 09:21:00 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (call)

♫ 2021-04-08 15:19:08 Gambarogno (song)

♫ 2025-05-16 19:42:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-02-08 11:38:00 Jona (song?)

♫ 2020-04-16 15:31:28 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-18 17:38:40 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-04-19 05:53:46 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-16 15:29:05 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-09-05 09:39:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2021-08-09 08:20:56 Luppmen (contact call)

♫ 2020-06-22 10:57:35 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-13 06:32:15 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 06:15:39 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-18 07:29:12 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-04-02 15:57:24 Lugano (song?)

♫ 2025-03-17 12:19:02

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-06-16 07:52:16

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2024-04-08 05:36:18

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2026-04-30 07:29:06

Source: Zoom H2n Flachsee am Reuss (song?)

♫ 2020-06-22 11:01:11 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2023-02-11 08:36:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-17 09:20:00 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

Great tit / Kohlmeise (Parus major)

Description

Classification: Genus Parus (Parus); Family Titmice (Paridae)
General: Most common year-round bird at our house. Often seen at the suet balls we hang out, or in fall at our sunflowers. It's said that they will sound a false alarm at a feeding source, knowing that other birds listen for their alarms and flee! There are many entertaining stories in the Norwegian book 'The Secret Life of Small Birds'.
General: It's a favorite food of the Eurasian sparrowhawk, though I'm sure cats are the greater danger.
General: They flit from tree to tree in small scattered groups, and often avail themselves of the seeds on our sunflowers. They can be heard on the Luppman in Fehraltorf at any time of year and day.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Etymology:

(Conrad) Gessner also notes that the coal tit was known as Kohlmeiß in German – the literal equivalent of its English name, though in its modern orthography Kohlmeise it refers to the great tit (Parus major). That bird was in Gessner's day usually called Spiegelmeiß ("multicoloured tit"[5]), Brandtmeiß ("burnt tit") or grosse Meiß ("great tit") in German. [Link]
Behavior:

'Studies in Europe on tits showed a 2-way doubly asymmetric interaction: the great tit (Parus major) is dominant over the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) during the nonbreeding season (Haftorn 1993), and the smaller blue tit is competitively dominant during the breeding season (Dhondt 1989).' Another cited work notes that the coal tit is considered the bottom of the hierarchy in Scandinavia. [Interspecific dominance relationships and hybridization between black-capped and mountain chickadees | Behavioral Ecology]

Like all tits it is a cavity nester, usually nesting in a hole in a tree. [Link]

Sie lernen voneinander und sogar von den verwandten Blaumeisen und finden neue Nahrungsquellen. Aber sie merken es sich auch, wenn sie sehen das andere Vögel etwas fressen, was ihnen nicht zukömmlich ist. [Schlaue Kohlmeisen gucken voneinander ab]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 03-23 - 08-09
Migration in: 02-10 - 03-23
Migration out: 09-07 - 10-27

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=14 cm, wingspan=22-25 cm, weight=14-22 g
Habitats: Settlement

Vocalisation

Song: Said to have a repertoire as a species of 50 or more different songs, albeit simple ones, up to 10 per individual. Females prefer a male with a large repertoire. One two-note song sounds like a squeaky bed.
Song: Nabu: Die erste Vogelart, die wir im Jahr hören, ist meistens die Kohlmeise mit ihrem typischen Läuten: "Zip Zäh" oder "Zip zip Zäh". [NABU Experte Lars Lachmann bei Deutschlandfunk Nova]

Song highly variable, but usually consisting of two to three notes repeated in a motif. Same birds have many different motifs but generally repeat them many times before switching. Identified by its timbre and often metallic resonant quality, more than by actual phrasing (which is very variable). Often includes buzzing sounds in song. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: simple rhythmic (llhllh), slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz) Singing season: 01-01 - 06-30 Dawn chorus start: 30 minutes before dawn.
♫ 2025-01-15 13:28:00 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2024-05-02 15:36:26 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2026-02-24 16:38:24

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2025-02-10 14:00:00 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-09-30 17:04:29 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:43:22

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2025-03-30 13:41:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:46:48

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2020-10-30 07:20:23 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2024-09-12 10:10:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2025-03-17 11:59:59

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:14:37 Hungerseeli (song)

♫ 2024-04-27 09:40:00 Schachen, Tobel Wissbach till Degersheim (song)

♫ 2024-05-15 05:27:28

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song)

♫ 2025-02-03 15:23:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2024-09-09 07:03:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

Calls:

Generally more full-bodied and resonant calls than blue tit, and not so high-pitched. Characteristic Chaffinch-like "tink tink tink" often uttered by male. [Link] 1: Chuck-a-chuck-a-chuck, sometimes preceded by higher 'wheat!'
Call from Xeno-Canto

♫ Illustrates higher 'wheat' before the 'chuck-a-chuck' (call)

Call from Xeno-Canto

♫ (call)

2: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN_VIA_ZOOM
Vogelkonzert bei Staldenweiher - Kohlmeise, Buchfink, Tannenmeise, Trommeln von Buntspecht oder Schwarzspecht, Singdrossel.

♫ 2025-03-04 09:25:21

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

Trommeln, Kohlmeise, chattering.

♫ 2024-03-22 06:49:36

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

3: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
XC580188 great tit begging call.

♫ (begging call)

4: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN
Kontaktrufe Kohlmeise, evtl auch Blaumeisen im Garten, an der Luppmen.

♫ 2021-08-09 08:20:56 Luppmen (contact call)

Kohlmeise contact call chatter an der Luppmen.

♫ 2020-08-29 07:43:28 Luppmen (contact call)

5: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN_VIA_ZOOM
Great tit check alarm call oder täck Ruf.

♫ 2021-09-19 10:13:00

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (alarm call)

Call attributes: Call melody: two notes, fast, Frequency: 1-7 KHz,
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♫ 2020-04-13 07:08:21 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-13 06:32:54 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-10-05 09:04:33 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-18 06:39:22 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2021-04-03 17:52:34 Lugano (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:08:44

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2021-03-18 05:54:58 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-10 06:29:32 Muralto (song?)

♫ 2025-05-30 18:15:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-04-30 06:20:34 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-18 07:36:49 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-29 10:21:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-09-30 17:06:25 Uster (song?)

♫ 2024-05-20 08:38:44

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Klingnauer Stausee (man-made lake) (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 06:29:28 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-04-21 08:11:29 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-05-02 15:36:26 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2020-05-21 10:05:39 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-04-13 06:19:02 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-10-28 07:38:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-12-08 10:59:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2025-12-09 10:39:26 (song?)

♫ 2022-04-10 15:05:12 (song?)

♫ 2020-09-30 16:25:51 Pfäffikersee (song)

♫ 2020-04-03 05:42:06 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-04-13 08:07:48

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-07-09 08:53:01 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-08-16 08:19:00 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-08-22 12:46:21 (song?)

♫ 2020-04-30 05:43:56 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-01 06:11:54 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-04-13 06:25:17 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 05:22:51 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2021-02-09 16:46:35 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-08-23 07:30:00 Luppmen (call)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:20:34

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:43:22

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2020-05-18 05:05:15 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:22:32 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-05-15 05:33:36

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-17 06:19:58 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-04-18 06:39:22 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-13 14:07:18

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-01-20 17:01:54 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-05-04 05:27:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-10-22 15:26:34 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-01-22 09:07:25 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2023-06-19 07:07:05

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Bolle di Magadino (song?)

♫ 2025-03-09 08:46:50

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2022-02-20 11:44:15 (song?)

♫ 2020-10-24 09:07:01 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-15 10:51:08 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-07-14 20:38:21 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-09-14 10:55:23 Levanto (song?)

♫ 2020-08-17 13:53:26 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 06:49:59 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 13:22:32 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-24 06:15:03 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 05:46:49 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-01-31 17:13:00

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2020-10-16 12:24:10 Tremona (song?)

♫ 2020-10-21 08:41:45 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-07 18:30:47 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2025-04-13 08:02:06

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-07-26 08:53:00 Switzerland (call)

♫ 2020-09-23 10:07:10 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-03-04 09:26:58

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (drumming)

Sorry, file too big!
♫ 2020-04-18 07:36:49 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2023-06-13 12:53:22

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Wald bei Speck (song)

♫ 2020-04-22 06:31:58 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-09-05 09:16:00 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2023-02-21 11:38:44

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 09:00:47 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-10-08 15:35:07 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-04-20 05:45:02

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-07-24 08:26:38 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-28 09:41:22 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-07 18:20:24 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-15 10:51:08 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-02-08 11:38:00 Jona (song?)

♫ 2020-05-01 06:11:54 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2020-04-30 05:43:56 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-08-29 07:43:28 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-28 09:36:51 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-10 12:52:00 Sils (song?)

♫ 2021-08-14 07:13:54 Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-04-13 07:08:21 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-10-06 08:23:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-08-17 13:55:16 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-14 20:38:21 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-10 05:05:53 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-02-10 13:52:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-04-19 05:53:46 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-30 06:23:06 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-10-31 13:31:41 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2023-02-23 17:17:08

Source: Zoom H6/H2n (song)

♫ 2020-06-22 10:57:35 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-03-08 05:37:58 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-03 05:48:35 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-08 08:36:00 Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2020-04-23 06:15:39 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-02-15 09:11:22 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2020-10-24 09:17:48 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-04-25 13:51:02

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2022-03-23 09:16:56 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-07 08:40:28 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-12 10:54:26 Mesikon (song)

♫ 2019-04-22 20:11:18 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2022-01-07 14:09:10

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-31 09:31:40 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2020-03-31 08:16:20 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2021-01-21 16:39:15 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-04-08 05:36:18

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-08-10 09:34:25 Luppmen (call)

♫ 2020-04-03 05:21:43 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-09-09 07:03:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-07-14 16:19:29 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-06-07 08:14:26 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 05:44:09 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-06-22 11:01:11 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-01-21 12:30:29 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2023-02-11 08:36:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-05-09 19:28:16 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-25 08:45:10 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-09-19 10:13:00

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-09-19 10:36:00

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-09-05 09:17:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-05-19 12:53:20 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-05 06:14:35 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-22 05:22:51 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2024-03-22 06:51:40

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2021-04-19 14:38:07 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:11:14

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2020-05-04 05:27:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-30 13:47:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2026-04-29 17:59:18

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

Eurasian jay / Eichelhäher (Garrulus glandarius)

Alternate classification: Corvus glandarius

Description

Classification: Genus Garrulus (Garrulus); Family Corvidae (Corvidae)
General: The German name Häher is the English name jay, both being onomatopoeic
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Etymology: Nachahmung des Vogelrufs...mittelhochdeutsch heher [Der deutsche Wortschatz (DSDW.de)]

[22] Viele der Namen sind lautmalerisch und ahmen verschiedene Rufe nach wie Gäckser, Tschäcker, Jägg, Gäbsch oder Gräcke. [Link]
Vocalization:

Large repertoire. Many other social sounds. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-11 - 06-29
Migration in: 04-01 - 06-09
Migration out: 08-29 - 11-06

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=34-35 cm, wingspan=52-58 cm, weight=140-190 g
Habitats: Forest

Vocalisation

Song: Harsh crow-like call, or quiet questioning, 'grumbling', or plaintive cries.
Song:

Quiet and varied subsong with mimicry, resembling a small passerine heard from both sexes. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: non-musical, fast, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz) Special sounds: cawing, mimicry
Calls:

Most heard call a short, drawn and very hoarse, raspy sound, often given in quick successions. Also a Buzzard-like, mewing "peeeaaa" (more drawn and less full tone than Siberian Jay). [Link] 1: Typically harsh jay call. I would say a contact call usually means 'Here I am', answered by 'Good, here I am.' Listening to two jays in the Swiss mountains of Toggenburg, it sounded like 'HEY IDIOT, HERE I AM...WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU?' 'WHAT? YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT? OF COURSE I'M OVER HERE. PEABRAIN.' On the other hand, anthropomorphism is always dangerous, usually completely wrong approach.
XC536051 Eurasian Jay harsh call 20s.

♫ (call)

2: We saw and heard a jay (Eichelhaeher) at the Pfaeffikersee imitating a common buzzard - very cool.
XC97136 - Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius - imitating common buzzard.

♫ (Imitation of another bird's call)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz), Special sounds: rasp.
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♫ 2026-02-28 08:46:20

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

♫ 2025-10-31 14:23:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-16 13:50:28 Tremona (song?)

♫ 2025-10-31 14:09:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2025-05-08 17:40:34

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (call)

♫ 2025-10-06 15:53:00 Switzerland (song)

♫ 2020-05-07 13:14:03 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2020-04-17 08:09:58 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-04-23 10:53:43 Luppmen (song)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:48:42

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (call)

♫ 2020-05-07 10:35:45 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ (song)

♫ 2026-03-07 09:04:16

Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2021-04-04 08:11:14 Lugano (song?)

♫ 2020-09-14 10:26:01 Levanto (song?)

♫ 2026-02-28 08:51:28

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-10-16 12:00:59 Tremona (song?)

♫ 2020-10-22 15:22:09 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-02-24 16:05:42

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2025-02-05 15:23:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-05-08 17:37:00 Wildert (song?)

♫ 2024-09-08 08:17:00 Wald Fehraltorf (song?)

Carrion crow / Rabenkrähe (Corvus corone)

Also known as: Aaskrähe, rabenkraehe

Description

Classification: Genus Crows (Corvus); Family Corvidae (Corvidae)
General:

The carrion crow (Corvus corone) is a passerine bird of the family Corvidae and the genus Corvus which is native to western Europe and the eastern Palearctic. [more]
Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast
Vocalization:

Probably impossible to tell from Hooded Crow by sound with certainty, but tends to sound harder, and more mean. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 03-12 - 06-20

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=45-47 cm, wingspan=93-104 cm, weight=370-650 g
Habitats: Agricultural

Similar species

Song or calls similar to: Jackdaw.

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2024-07-17 14:31:02

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song)

1: Graak!
XC1036835 - Carrion Crow - Corvus corone call.

♫ (call)

2: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording. - but really OWN_VIA_ZOOM
Aaskrähe at 0, Zilpzalp at 2, Trommeln at 10, Amsel, Zaunkönig at 17, evtl 10, 5-note Taube at 32.

♫ 2024-03-22 06:28:12

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Staldenweiher (drumming)

Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz), Special sounds: cawing.
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♫ 2026-02-28 08:46:20

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-06-03 09:44:58 Hungerseeli (song?)

♫ 2024-10-31 16:14:52 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2023-02-21 10:46:58 Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2020-10-22 16:03:56 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:21:06

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2024-06-16 07:57:48

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2026-03-07 07:54:40

Source: Zoom H2n Gsangweg (song?)

♫ 2023-06-19 07:07:05

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Bolle di Magadino (song?)

♫ 2025-06-08 07:57:00 Stromboli (song?)

♫ 2020-07-01 07:29:27 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-04-03 08:57:12

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2023-02-16 11:23:00 Staldenweiher (song?)

♫ 2025-01-10 14:39:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ (song?)

♫ 2025-04-20 05:45:02

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:42:44

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song)

♫ 2024-06-04 09:50:08 Merlin suggested additional birds: Buchfink, Gartengrasmücke, Zilpzalp, Teichrohrsänger, Blaumeise, Amsel, Mönchsgrasmücke.

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-05-15 05:27:28

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song)

♫ 2023-02-23 17:17:08

Source: Zoom H6/H2n (song)

♫ 2021-02-15 09:11:22 Pfaeffikon (song?)

♫ 2025-03-17 12:19:02

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2023-02-22 18:26:52

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-12-18 13:20:00 Wildert Weiher (call)

♫ 2023-02-21 11:24:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-02-28 08:51:28

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song?)

♫ 2020-09-30 15:08:34 Auslikon (song?)

♫ 2026-02-26 08:11:14

Source: Zoom H2n Staldenweiher (song)

Common raven / Kolkrabe (Corvus corax)

Also known as: Northern raven

Description

Classification: Genus Crows (Corvus); Family Corvidae (Corvidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa.
General: The raven is often mentioned in word puzzles as the largest songbird.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahresvogel
Good to know: A flock of ravens may be called an unkindness [Literary names of groups and flocks]
Etymology:

Kolk, die erste Silbe seines seit dem 16. Jahrhundert bezeugten deutschen Namens, ist vermutlich lautmalerischen Ursprungs, ahmt also den Ruf des Vogels nach. [Link]

Jahrhundert bezeugten deutschen Namens, ist vermutlich lautmalerischen Ursprungs, ahmt also den Ruf des Vogels nach. [Link]
Appearance and identification:

It is one of the two largest corvids, alongside the thick-billed raven, and is possibly the heaviest passerine bird [Link]

Ravens are larger, the size of a Red-tailed Hawk [in Switzerland a red kite, similar 'length' but only 2/3 of the huge kite wingspan]. Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger groups. Also, watch the bird’s tail as it flies overhead. The crow’s tail feathers are basically the same length, so when the bird spreads its tail, it opens like a fan. Ravens, however, have longer middle feathers in their tails, so their tail appears wedge-shaped when open. Listen closely to the birds’ calls. Crows give a cawing sound. But ravens produce a lower croaking sound. [How to Tell a Raven From a Crow]
Vocalization:

Quite varied repertoire. Most heard sound a short, coarse, but resonant "korrk. Other sounds may be surprisingly resonant and pure, like a ringing "clong" etc. Shows even more variation when courting. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 02-20 - 06-09

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=64 cm, wingspan=120-150 cm, weight=800-1560 g
Habitats: Mountain

Vocalisation

Song: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
Song attributes: Frequency:
♫ 2025-10-14 15:41:00 Switzerland (song)

Graak!
XC779842 - Northern Raven - Corvus corax corax - call recorded in Sweden.

♫ (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz), Special sounds: cawing.
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♫ 2024-09-12 16:37:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

Common starling / Star (Sturnus vulgaris)

Also known as: European_Starling, European starling, European starling, European starling

Description

Classification: Genus Sturnus (Sturnus); Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America (introduced), Africa, Asia.
General: Learned on BBC's Winterwatch: the movement of a swarm of starlings is called a murmuration! Check out this this video or even an entire half hour
General: In trees or in the fields by the cows.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel RL 3^[8]
Personal notes: Frequently seen here, for instance by their nests under the eaves of one of the Toblerone houses. Introduced to North America from Europe by Eugene Schieffelin.
Vocalization: Eine der Vogelarten, die gleichzeitig zwei Töne singen kann!
Vocalization:

Among the best of imitators. Mimics birds, animals and mechanical noises. Often makes several sounds at the same time. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-01 - 07-20
Migration in: 01-21 - 04-11
Migration out: 09-07 - 11-26

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=21 cm, wingspan=37-42 cm, weight=60-90 g
Habitats: Agricultural

Vocalisation

Song: I find their individual song amusing, with its (long) whoops and weird noises. As a group, they're just noisy!
Song:

Song a highly varied mix of falling whistles, bill-clappering and various masterful mimicry. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: improvised melodic, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz) Special sounds: whoop, mimicry, weird Singing season: 01-01 - 09-30 Dawn chorus start: 15 minutes before dawn.
Calls:

Other calls; a harsh "chaee" and a short sharp "tink". [Link] I hear this occasionally and really enjoy it - a long rising 'whoop', as I call it', starting low at 1 1/2 KHz and rising to 6 1/2 KHz!
Birdnet 1968 - European Starling long whoop call - 2021-08-23 17-26-09 - European Starling - Fehraltorf.

♫ 2021-08-23 17:26:09 Fehraltorf (call)

Call attributes: Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: 1-6 KHz, Special sounds: whoop.
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♫ 2020-04-23 08:41:33 Friedliweid (song?)

♫ 2020-04-13 07:52:47 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-13 07:51:54 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-12 12:04:11 Mesikon (song?)

♫ 2025-11-20 16:59:58 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-03-15 09:49:28

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-04-30 09:11:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2025-11-20 17:01:54 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2020-06-14 17:56:55 Locarno (song?)

♫ 2020-05-04 06:53:30 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-05-14 17:26:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2026-04-28 15:13:38

Source: Zoom H2n Switzerland (song)

♫ 2025-01-19 16:33:00

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2026-03-01 07:52:00 Switzerland (song?)

♫ 2021-03-10 09:07:29 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2025-02-08 11:38:00 Jona (song?)

♫ 2020-04-19 15:35:25 Russikon (song?)

♫ 2020-04-11 07:57:33 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-03-10 09:08:37 Wetzikon (song?)

♫ 2024-08-31 07:56:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2022-03-31 14:02:11 Fehraltorf (song?)

European greenfinch / Grünfink (Chloris chloris)

Alternate classification: Carduelis chloris, Carduelis chloris

Description

Classification: Genus Chloris (Chloris); Subfamily Carduelinae (Carduelinae); Family Fringillidae (Fringillidae)
General: Vogelewarte.ch: Neben Haussperling und Amsel ist er einer der zahlreichsten Vögel der Städte und Dörfer. Ich habe Monate lang nur eins in Pfäffikon gehört, dann ein Schwarm im Fehraltorfer Industriegebiet. Endlich in Juli 2020 ist eine Gruppe zu uns gezogen und entweder im Birkenbaum oder hinter der Kinderkrippe zu hören gewesen. Im Birkenbaum habe ich endlich eins fotografieren können.
General: In Laubbäumen
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Jahres-, Zugvogel, Wintergast

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Breeding: 04-01 - 08-09
Migration in: 02-20 - 04-20
Migration out: 09-28 - 11-15

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=15 cm, wingspan=24-27 cm, weight=17-34 g
Habitats: Settlement

Similar species

Song or calls similar to: Tree pipit.

Vocalisation

Song: General: Sequence of 4-6 rhythmic elements at different pitches. A sort of trill is often start or end of the sequence (can also be a call!), and there are slides.
Song:

Song composed of various sequences of linked sounds, repeated in a vibrating manner; "trrrrrrrrr", "chechechecheche". Sometimes resembles Brambling when making the wheezy "rrrrrrrrr" sound, but differs in being harsher and by "pulling" the pitch downwards (or sometimes upwards) at the end. [Link] Song attributes: Melody: stereotype melodic (h m m), fast, Frequency: 2-7 KHz Special sounds: trill, rasp Singing season: 01-01 - 07-31 Dawn chorus start: 15 minutes before dawn.
♫ 2021-07-31 10:22:32 Fehraltorf (song)

♫ 2024-09-09 07:03:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

Calls:

Contact call a fairly resonant "chep-chep", resembling Redpoll, but less nasal and with a fuller tone. Also a sharp, drawn, ascending "kooeee", (perhaps not obviously recognized as a finch). [Link] 1: Raspy descending note. XenoCanto submitter of Bavaria called this an alarm call, but it's also called a 'wheeze' and it's part of the song as well.
XC919412 - European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris - alarm call, aka wheeze.

♫ (alarm call)

2: Birdid.no says 'Also a sharp, drawn, ascending "kooeee", (perhaps not obviously recognized as a finch).' You can say that again, listen to zilpzalp-like recording of 31.08.2024
Evtl grünfink whoop call.

♫ 2024-08-31 08:35:00 Wildert Weiher (call)

3: .
XC195946 - Eurasian Wren call - Troglodytes troglodytes.

♫ (call)

XC871583 - European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris - one-note call from a Kelly of Ireland.

♫ (call)

4: No details but a Xeno-Canto recording.
XC900345 - European Greenfinch - Chloris chloris - described as flight call.

♫ (flight call)

Call attributes: alarm call Call melody: one note, slow, Frequency: medium (1-5 KHz), Special sounds: swoop, rasp.
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♫ (song?)

♫ 2020-05-29 08:28:02 Luppmen (call)

♫ 2020-05-29 08:25:13 Luppmen (song)

♫ (song)

♫ 2024-10-31 13:41:50 Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-03-17 12:16:20

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-12-08 10:55:00 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2020-10-14 07:33:28 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-07-23 08:12:31 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-25 08:17:05 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-04-27 15:19:22 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2021-05-01 10:12:32 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-08 18:42:04 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2019-08-01 10:21:33 Uster (song?)

♫ 2025-06-13 12:46:20

Source: Zoom H2n Wildert (song)

♫ (song?)

♫ 2026-02-23 13:23:56

Source: Zoom H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-11 17:49:04 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-27 13:03:54

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-09-14 09:21:00 Fanel/Chablais de Cudrefin und La Sauge (call)

♫ 2021-03-01 11:28:46 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2020-07-10 08:25:30 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-08-31 08:35:00 Wildert Weiher (call)

♫ 2020-07-10 19:17:31 Luppmen (song?)

♫ (song?)

♫ 2021-07-03 06:20:43 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-04-19 15:15:36

Source: Zoom H2n Pfäffikersee (song?)

♫ 2024-07-05 10:05:00 Lago Maggiore in Italien und der Schweiz (call)

♫ 2021-08-08 16:14:34 Freudwil (song?)

♫ 2021-08-08 16:14:06 Uster (song?)

♫ (song?)

♫ 2026-05-23 07:22:32

Source: Zoom H2n La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2021-02-21 09:44:38 Adelboden (song?)

♫ (call)

♫ 2020-07-10 08:25:00 Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2025-03-17 12:19:02

Source: Zoom H2n Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2021-02-12 10:36:43 Jona (song?)

♫ 2021-05-19 15:52:06 La Sauge (song?)

♫ 2024-09-09 07:03:00 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2024-06-27 13:05:36

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Luppmen (song?)

♫ 2024-06-19 08:01:18

Source: Zoom H6/H2n Greater Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2024-08-06 09:52:10 Greater Fehraltorf (call)

♫ 2020-10-22 15:36:57 Fehraltorf (song?)

♫ 2025-07-23 17:17:00 Wildert (song?)

Graylag goose / Graugans (Anser anser) See above

Little bittern / Zwergdommel (Ixobrychus minutus)

Description

Classification: Genus Least bitterns (Ixobrychus); Family Herons (Ardeidae)
General:

The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. Ixobrychus is from Ancient Greek ixias, a reed-like plant and brukhomai, to bellow, and minutus is Latin for "small".^[2] [more]
Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 1
Vocalization:

Mostly silent except in breeding season. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 04-20 - 09-28
Breeding: 05-10 - 08-09
Migration in: 04-20 - 06-09
Migration out: 07-20 - 09-28

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=33-38 cm, wingspan=52-58 cm, weight=140-150 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Calls:

Flight-call a sharp "ki-ke-ke" or a nasal "ke". [Link] Almost a bark, low-pitched, little treble.
Call attributes: Call melody: non-musical, slow, Frequency: low (1-3 KHz),
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Little egret / Seidenreiher (Egretta garzetta) See above

Common ringed plover / Sandregenpfeifer (Charadrius hiaticula)

Description

Classification: Genus Charadrius (Charadrius); Family Charadriidae (Charadriidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 1
Vocalization:

Usually heard before seen. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-12 - 10-27
Migration in: 10-07 - 10-27
Migration out: 10-07 - 10-15

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=18-20 cm, wingspan=48-57 cm, weight=55-73 g
Habitats: Wetland
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Red knot / Knutt (Calidris canutus)

Description

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=23-25 cm, wingspan=57-61 cm, weight=110-160 g
Habitats: Wetland
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Curlew sandpiper / Sichelstrandläufer (Calidris ferruginea)

Description

Nicolas Baiker sagt, Hauptmerkmale innerhalb der Strandläufer sind der Augenstreif und der Schnabel der relativ lang ist und immer lezten Drittel immer krummer, darum Sichelstrandläufer. [Link]

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=18-19 cm, wingspan=42-46 cm, weight=50-65 g
Habitats: Wetland

Vocalisation

Calls:

Flight call a soft, ringing and rolling "krrrrrt, with variations. Lacks the hoarse, nasal quality of similar call by Dunlin. [Link] At XenoCanto I heard 5 rising notes within a second.
Call attributes: Call melody: one note, fast, Frequency: 4-6 KHz, Special sounds: whoop.
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Dunlin / Alpenstrandläufer (Calidris alpina)

Description

Seasonal behavior

Year-round bird
Migration in: 03-01 - 03-23
Migration out: 03-15 - 03-23

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=16-20 cm, wingspan=38-43 cm, weight=35-60 g
Habitats: Wetland
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Ruff / Kampfläufer (Calidris pugnax)

Alternate classification: Philomachus pugnax, Philomachus pugnax

Also known as: Ruff_(bird)

Description

Classification: Genus Calidris (Calidris); Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 1
Etymology: Nabu: Der Name leitet sich vom Balzverhalten der Männchen ab: In Balzarenen tragen sie „Turniere“ aus, um die Weibchen zu beeindrucken, dabei herrscht eine komplizierte Rollenverteilung. [Link]
Vocalization:

Generally silent. Short, muted, nasal, mono or disyllabic grunts sometimes heard. [Link]

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 02-20 - 11-06
Migration in: 05-21 - 05-31
Migration out: 05-21 - 05-28

More details at Vogelwarte.ch

Other Details

Physical details

Physical details: length=26-30 cm, wingspan=54-58 cm, weight=75-230 g
Habitats: Wetland
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Eurasian curlew / Grosser Brachvogel (Numenius arquata) See above

Caspian tern / Raubseeschwalbe (Hydroprogne caspia)

Alternate classification: Sterna caspia

Also known as: Taranui

Description

Classification: Genus Hydroprogne (Hydroprogne); Family Gulls (Laridae)
Geography: This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia.
General: Deutschland: Brut-, Zugvogel RL 1

Seasonal behavior

Presence: 03-23 - 10-07
Migration in: 04-20 - 05-31
Migration out: 04-20 - 04-28

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Physical details

Physical details: length=47-54 cm, wingspan=130-145 cm, weight=500-750 g
Habitats: River and lake
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