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Thrush Song Identification

Finally got a good look. It's a Wood Thrush. Tim Whitehouse 07:05, 19 June 2009 (CDT)

Here is a recording of what I initially identified as a Wood Thrush. Since it's not normally found here in June I mentioned it on TEXBIRDS and a couple of people replied with the possibility of it being something else.

Media:Edinburg thrush.mp3

Here's a new version that has been denoised however some of the quality is lost in the process.

Media:Edinburg thrush denoised.mp3

This was recorded on Tuesday, 6/16/09, the 5th morning I heard the song. Hopefully this recording is good enough for identification purposes. It was made with a Sansa media player with the built-in microphone. There's plenty of traffic, insect, and other bird noise but you can get a general idea of the song.

It sang constantly for about 25 minutes, with only a 2 minute break at one point, ending about 6:40am which is right at sunrise.

There are two songs, a high song and a low song alternated a couple of seconds apart almost without exception. Each song has 3 notes followed by a much higher trill. From the first note, the 2nd note is down about 5 half steps and the 3rd up 2 half steps from the 2nd note.

I think it's significantly different from the Wood Thrush. I listened to recordings of 7 different Nightingale-Thrushes and thought that 3 were roughly similar. They were the Ruddy-capped, Russet, and the Spotted. I thought the Spotted was pretty close but had a different note order.

The only other family anyone mentioned so far was solitaires which I listed to 7 different species recordings and found nothing similar.

On Sunday, when I approached closer for viewing, I saw the bird briefly in the dark when it flew but only saw enough to tell the general size.

Here is the xeno-canto site with Nightingale-Thrush songs:

http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=Nightingale-Thrush

Please send an email if you have any information or questions.

Thanks Tim Whitehouse 09:28, 16 June 2009 (CDT)


Still no good looks dispite several birders trying. Still sings only in the morning. Comments from TEXBIRD favor the Wood Thrush but some say no.

Some comments from Peterson's Mexican Birds:

Spotted Nightingale-thrush: Rich liquid phrases very suggestive of Wood Thrush but less loud and full.

Russet Nightingale-thrush: Resembles that of next species (Ruddy-capped) but thinner, less musical, less varied.

Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush: Song has pattern of Wood Thrush's and quality of Hermit Thrush's...

Tim Whitehouse 14:42, 18 June 2009 (CDT)


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