RECORDING 1
DATE/TIME: 9/february/2003 (8 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: some birds are perched on a big tree near the river Ombrone. Habitat is charachterized by cultivated land. - POSITION: River Ombrone near Grosseto, LAT.N 42°43'/LONG.E 11°06' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: it is mostly uttered in flight as contact call, but also when perched. - SEX/AGE: unknown - MIC: (U)
recording 1 (162 KB) - * - spectrogram 1 (16 KB)
RECORDING 2
DATE/TIME: 30/december/2003 (11 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: one bird is perched on a big oak tree placed between a wood and a cultivated field. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42°36'/LONG.E 11°17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: "chink" call: probably a mild alarm call. It is only uttered by perched birds. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: Average time interval between calls : 9.4 s. - MIC: (U)
recording 2 (93 KB) - * - spectrogram 2 (16 KB)
RECORDING 3
DATE/TIME: 30/april/2003 (7 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird is perched on a pine tree in a pine copse near the bank of Perotto lake. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - MIC: (U)
recording 3 (136 KB) - * - spectrogram 3 (25 KB)
RECORDING 4
DATE/TIME: 5/may/2003 (6 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird is in an oak wood. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42°36'/LONG.E 11°17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - MIC: (U)
recording 4 (176 KB) - * - spectrogram 4 (25 KB)
RECORDING 5
DATE/TIME: 25/april/2004 (7 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird is in a pine copse near Perotto lake. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: this bird sings two different phrases. - MIC: (A)
recording 5 (161 KB) - * - spectrogram 5 (25 KB)
RECORDING 6
DATE/TIME: 10/april/2004 (11 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird is in a pine copse near Perotto lake, cached in a thick vegetation cover. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: the "rain" call typically sung near the nest during the reproductive season - SEX/AGE: adult male - MIC: (A)
recording 6 (138 KB) - * - spectrogram 6 (18 KB)
RECORDING 7
DATE/TIME: 19/june/2005 (1 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird (not in sight) is in an uncultivated field with sparse rocks, deciduous trees and bushes near the top of a mountain. - POSITION: Mount Labbro, near Arcidosso, LAT. N. 42 48'/ LONG. E 11 33' - ALTITUDE: +1100 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: rain call - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: Sylvia sp. song and rain call from another Chaffinch on background. - MIC: (A)
recording 7 (213 KB) - * - spectrogram 7 (32 KB)
RECORDING 8
DATE/TIME: 14/april/2008 (10 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird (not in sight) is in a copse with bushes and trees near a stream and a lake. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: this audio sample is part of a longer recording (see spectrogram time axis). Only one phrase type is sung. - MIC: (P)
recording 8 (689 KB) - * - spectrogram 8 (115 KB)
RECORDING 9
DATE/TIME: 5/july/2008 (8.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird (not in sight) is in a copse with deciduous and pine trees near an artificial lake. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: rain call - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: this audio sample is part of a longer recording (see spectrogram time axis). Note the strict similarity with the rain call recorded in 2004. It is unlikely that the same wild Chaffinch is still alive, therefore I suggest the existence of a dialect typical of this zone. - MIC: (P)
recording 9 (390 KB) - * - spectrogram 9 (60 KB)
RECORDING 10
DATE/TIME: 8/november/2012 (8.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird (not in sight) is perched on a pine tree. Zone with a coniferous forest and mountain pastures. - POSITION: Poggio all'Olmo near Stribugliano, LAT. N. 42°51' /LONG. E 11°28' - ALTITUDE: +950 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: calls of a perched bird - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: The first call is generally uttered in flight as a contact call (see Recording 1), but sometimes, as in this case, it is used also by perched birds. The other two calls (chink calls) are uttered generally by perched birds. - MIC: (P)
recording 10 (132 KB) - * - spectrogram 10 (26 KB)
RECORDING 11
DATE/TIME: 30/october/2010 (9 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird (in sight) is perched on a pine tree in a house garden near a road. Zone with rocky coast, maquis and sparse houses. - POSITION: Cala Moresca, Monte Argentario, LAT.N 42°25'/LONG.E 11°05' - ALTITUDE: +120 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: calls of a perched bird (chink call) - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: There are many Chaffinches nearby. Background: Blackbird and Chaffinch calls. - MIC: (P)
recording 11 (94 KB) - * - spectrogram 11 (27 KB)
RECORDING 12
DATE/TIME: 17/january/2012 (11 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: the bird (in sight) flies low above me. Zone with marsh ground and cultivated land. - POSITION: Diaccia Botrona marsh, LAT. N. 42°45'/LONG. E 10°54' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight call - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: Wind noise on background. - MIC: (P)
recording 12 (128 KB) - * - spectrogram 12 (26 KB)
RECORDING 13
DATE/TIME: 31/may/2012 (6.45 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: two birds (not in sight) are in a mixed copse (deciduous and pine trees) on the bank of an artificial lake. They are relatively close one to another. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: rain call - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: In this audio sample there is a sort of vocal duel between the two males. Note that the call morphology is always the same (check Recordings 6 and 9). Background: Magpie call and Chaffinch song. - MIC: (P)
recording 13 (536 KB) - * - spectrogram 13 (124 KB)
RECORDING 14
DATE/TIME: 8/june/2012 (7 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: In a thick and old deciduous forest one Chaffinch is perched (in sight) on a tree. - POSITION: Near Castell'Azzara, Grosseto, LAT.N 42°46'/LONG.E 11°41' - ALTITUDE: +1000 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: repeated series of chink calls - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: The Chaffinch is perched very close to a Wood warbler, which was previously stimulated with playback. The Wood warbler calls too (see spectrograms). It seems a sort of vocal duel among the two birds (see spectrograms). Background: Wood warbler call and wind noise. - MIC: (P)
recording 14 (234 KB) - * - spectrogram 14 (49 KB)
RECORDING 15
DATE/TIME: 8/november/2012 (11 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: In a coniferous forest there are some Chaffinches perched on a pine tree (not in sight). Zone with mixed forest and mountain pastures. - POSITION: Poggio all'Olmo near Stribugliano, LAT. N. 42°51' /LONG. E 11°28' - ALTITUDE: +950 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: chink calls of a perched bird. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: Crossbill calls on background. - MIC: (P)
recording 15 (813 KB) - * - spectrogram 15 (59 KB)
RECORDING 16
DATE/TIME: 30/march/2015 (4.15 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: In a small olive grove near a house one bird is perched (well in sight) on an olive tree. - POSITION: Arenella, Giglio Island, Grosseto Province, LAT. N. 42°22'/LONG. E 10°55' - ALTITUDE: 70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: chink calls of a perched bird and flight call. - SEX/AGE: adult female - COMMENT: At the end of the recording the bird flies off and utters two flight calls (see spectrograms). Background: Sardinian warbler. - MIC: (P)
recording 16 (213 KB) - * - spectrogram 16 (34 KB)
RECORDING 17
DATE/TIME: 21/april/2016 (3 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird (not in sight) is in a maquis of the rocky coast above the sea. - POSITION: Cala Moresca near Porto Santo Stefano (GR), LAT.N 42°25'/LONG.E 11° 05' - ALTITUDE: 100 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: rain call. - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: Note that the call morphology is always the same (see Recordings 6, 9 and 13). This call type is considered variable in its morphology and several different dialectal types were found in different geographic sites. Till now in Southern Tuscany I have found only one dialectal type. Background: Great tit. - MIC: (P)
recording 17 (349 KB) - * - spectrogram 17 (39 KB)
RECORDING 18
DATE/TIME: 14/november/2018 (1 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird (well in sight) flies low above me near a farm house. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42°36'/LONG.E 11°17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: flight call. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: This is the typical flight call. - MIC: (P)
recording 18 (150 KB) - * - spectrogram 18 (30 KB)
RECORDING 19
DATE/TIME: 13/february/2019 (8 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The birds (not in sight) are in a copse on the bank of an artificial lake. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial basin with a dam), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: chink call perched. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: This recording was made with an unattended automatic recorder. Note the slight difference among the four calls, which probably were uttered by different birds. Background: Chaffinch calls. - MIC: (WA)
recording 19 (151 KB) - * - spectrogram 19 (33 KB)
RECORDING 20
DATE/TIME: 29/march/2020 (8.15 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird (not in sight) is perched on a big oak of a deciduous forest near a small ditch. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42°36'/LONG.E 11°17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: The recording was stopped two times for 13 and 10 seconds (see spectrograms). - MIC: (P)
recording 20 (208 KB) - * - spectrogram 20 (74 KB)