>> GENERAL >>>>>
– sparrow-sized passerine
– nocturnal/diurnal migrant
– often overlooked
>> FLIGHT >>>>>
– usually flies very high on migration against light skies, so that it is often only the flight call that attracts attention to it at all
– silhouette very reminiscent of Meadow Pipit
– flight rather slowly, but more confident and less nervous than Meadow Pipit
– usually alone or in small, very loose flocks
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
– size between Great Tit and Common Chaffinch
– very inconspicuous plumage with no prominent features in flight
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis
BIF1274, 26/03/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis
BIF1275, 26/03/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis, 1CY
BIF0398, 14/10/2013, Wermsdorfer Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis, 1CY
BIF0399, 14/10/2013, Wermsdorfer Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis, 1CY
BIF0400, 14/10/2013, Wermsdorfer Teiche, Germany, Mathias Putze
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis, AD
BIF0401, 05/04/2011, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
>> SOUND ID >>>>>
– a polyphonic downslur with harmonic partials
– usually uttered as triplets
– sharp, piercing, metallic timbre
– similar to European Robin excitement call
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis, flight calls, social or excitement calls
BIF0402, 24/10/2008, Greifswalder Oie, Germany, Patrick Franke
Dunnock Prunella m. modularis, flight call
Common Reed Bunting Emberiza s. schoeniclus, flight call
BIF2943, 22/09/2017, Werbeliner See, Germany, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Alpine Accentor (v)
Siberian Accentor (v)
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