I am searching for good song recordings of African Reed Warblers. The longer the better. Or maybe somebody works near the habitat of these birds and it's not a big deal to record several minutes for me :)
There are some recordings on xeno-canto.org, but they are way too short for the analysis :(
http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Acrocephalus-baeticatus
Hi Veronika
it came to my mind there is a ca. 30 min-long recording available in YouTube at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r-P0sfDfyE
You should be able to download it I guess. Not fully sure about sound quality, but perhaps it is good enough for your analysis.
Best luck with this
Danilo
Hi Nika, about five are on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/search/sounds?q=African%20reed%20warbler
Three in Maculay library: http://macaulaylibrary.org/search?media_collection=1&taxon_id=11991146&taxon_rank_id=67&q=African+Reed-Warbler
and about two on IBC: http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/african-reed-warbler-acrocephalus-baeticatus
But they are probably too short too.
Best
Pavel
Danillo, that is the wrong species, but thanks for the idea of youtube browsing - it somehow never crossed my mind!
Pavel, thanks for the links - I didn't even know about the first two!!!!
In Yellowhammer Dialects project, I am exploiting many sources of recordings:) Surprisingly, some yellowhammer song are also on Flicker, however I bet this is not the case of African warblers.
One is on AvoCet (http://avocet.zoology.msu.edu/recordings?scientific_name_search=Acrocephalus+baeticatus&name_search=&Search=Search+Recordings)
The best would be to contact British library - they have about 47 songs: http://cadensa.bl.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=jvO7LMNQhB/WORKS-FILE/325200049/123 I will send you a contact to a responsible person through email, Nika:-)
Sorry Veronika, I had overlooked that... still there's one youtube recording available for your species, unfortunately much shorter (and sound quality is not as good as in that one):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JwjI9TVw_A
It all depends on your aims of course. I will see whether I get something better ;)
Best luck
Danilo
Pavel, thanks! I had already wrote to the person!
Danilo, I'm working on song analysis, so I need pretty good quality: sound structure should be distinguashable on the sonogram...
Pavel, by the way, remember to write me criteria of the recording you use so I can record you something during the next season. Also, as soon as I know, I can ask my collegues, most likely they have a lot of Yellowhammer :)
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