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The use of spectrograms to visualize bird song was then adopted by Donald J. Borror [129] and developed further by others including W. H. Thorpe. [130] [131] These visual representations are also called sonograms or sonagrams. Beginning in 1983, some field guides for birds use sonograms to document the calls and songs of birds. [132]
The black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting. The specific spodocephala is from Ancient Greek spodos, "ashes", and kephalos, "headed". [2]
Its plumage is almost wholly black and white, with very little difference between the sexes. [24] It has a black head, nape and throat, giving it the appearance of a black hood, which is bounded by a white neck collar, [25] which is around 3.2 cm (1.2 in) wide. The black hood is slightly glossy in bright light, can fade a little with age, [26 ...
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Despite the wide distribution of this species there are only very small differences between different phenotypes. [7] Four subspecies are accepted, which differ slightly in the plumage pattern of breeding males: [5] [8] P. n. nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Arctic Europe, Arctic North America. Head white, rump mostly black with a small area of white.
These calls are also used for when birds want to alert others that they are taking flight. [70] Many birds engage in duet calls—a call made by two birds at or nearly at the same time. In some cases, the duets are so perfectly timed as to appear almost as one call. This kind of calling is termed antiphonal duetting. [71]
Despite the similar names, this bird is not related to the Old World common blackbird, which is a thrush (Turdidae). The species' call sounds slightly more nasal than that of the red-wing's - a nasal kip and a sharp check. The male's song is a garbled on-ke-kaaangh. The bird migrates south during the colder seasons to Mexico and back to ...
The black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae. It breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and migrates in winter mainly to India, with some individuals moving further into south-east Asia. Like others in its family, it is found in open grassland habitats where they fly in flocks in ...