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12 Exciting Facts About Birdsong

8.

Eurasian Jay

The Best Impressionist

Suddenly, you can hear a cellphone ring, car tires screeching, a fire engine, a chainsaw and a camera trigger - all these noises can also come from birds. The best-known imitators are common hill mynas, lyrebirds, bowerbirds and scrubbirds.


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In Germany, western jackdaws, starlings, Eurasian jays, marsh warblers and northern mockingbirds also like to “copy” noises. Why do they do it? More and more birds are moving to areas inhabited by humans because there’s always food there, as well as more and more parks and trees. They blend into their surroundings by imitating sounds (but don’t forget the songs of their own kind).

Eurasian Jay Eurasian Jay - Photo: Szczepan Klejbuk/Shutterstock

9.

Cowbird

The Highest Songs

The cowbird’s calls include up to 40 different tones. Some are so high that we can’t even hear them.


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10.

Australian Magpie

The Most Social Singers

The Australian magpie loves singing together in a choir with its fellow birds, and their singing can span up to four octaves. The white-crested laughingthrush from the tropical regions of Africa and southern Asia sings in a choir where each member has its own stanza. They don’t all sing at the same time; it sounds like only bird is singing.

11.

Whooper Swan

The Most Romantic Songs

Whooper swans sing duets to show that they belong together.

Whooper Swan Whooper Swan - Photo: Mirko Graul/Shutterstock

12.

Marsh Warbler

The Most International Singers

The marsh warbler is a migratory bird that breeds in Europe and winters in Africa. It has European songs and African songs.


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