Key to bird calls, songs and sounds
This represents the initial page in a guide that allows you to identify
sounds made by birds. The guide will ask to respond to whether the sound
was simple or complex, musical or harsh, etc. At each point, the choices
include descriptions of the attributes of sounds found further along that
path, and a list of the bird sounds that will be found further on. For
each of these choices, a list of bird sounds that conform to this
description is given. If you select one of these from the list, and click
on the button labelled "Select bird" you will be presented with a page
with a URL pointer to a sound file of that bird, and a text description
of the sound you will hear.
At each point in the key, select the choice that most nearly
characterizes the sound or song you heard. If you change your mind,
navigational choices at
the top of the page allow you to backtrack to particular choices
you made.
Click here to begin navigating the key
This page relates to the number of different notes or sounds contained
in the song you heard.
Return to Key page.
Try the new version of the key (test)
Last revision date of this page: December 21, 2000