Complex Songs of Bird 3 at Estables, Ardeche, Auvergne, France

May 27, 2005 I recorded a bird on the ski area next to the Gite Forestiere above Les Estables, France. I recorded it in two cuts for a total of 29 minutes between 5:00 and 5:40 AM. A second bird sang in the background. The 292 songs recorded consisted of 119 simple songs of 7 types, 141 complex songs of 52 types, and 32 combo songs of 9 types. Ouzels in Spain and France sing, in addition to complex songs and groups of single type simple songs, groups of simple songs of two types. I call these heterogeneous groups combo songs. Bird 3 sang 32 combo songs, of 8 types using 14 simple types, some of which are not delivered except in combo songs. See below for access to combo songs.

The following are links to a sample of the 53 complex songs sung by bird 3 at Estables.

This chart shows the order of delivery of simple and complex songs. Combo types are not shown. The Y axis shows the type numbers of songs; numbers under 10 are for simple types, above 10 for complex types. The flattening of the graph after around 150 songs indicates that the repertoire is near 50. (Type 60 in the graph stands for complex type number 50.) This is roughly a third of the complex repertoire size in Scotland and Norway.

Graph of the delivery of simple (y<10) and complex (y>10) song types

Combo Songs

Click below to see and hear the combo repertoire.

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