RECORDING 1
DATE/TIME: 28/march/2004 (6 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A male sparrow is performing the courtship display. It is in a low bush togheter with some other sparrows (males and females). - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT. N. 42° 36' /LONG. E 11° 16' - ALTITUDE: +120 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: the entire song bout lasts more than 35 s and is made up by an uninterrupted serie of chirping syllables delivered at the rate of 2.7/second. Most syllable types (indicated by the red numbers in the spectrograms) are repeated two or more times in this song. - MIC: (U)
recording 1 (348 KB) - * - spectrogram 1 (100 KB)
RECORDING 2
DATE/TIME: 5/may/2004 (8 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: A male sparrow is perched on a small tree near the house roof where its nest is placed. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT. N. 42° 36' /LONG. E 11° 16' - ALTITUDE: +120 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: typical male call near the nest - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: a monotonous slow repetition of one syllable type (see spectrogram) - MIC: (A)
recording 2 (169 KB) - * - spectrogram 2 (19 KB)
RECORDING 3
DATE/TIME: 2/april/2004 (7 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: There are some birds cached in a hedgerow near a farm house. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT. N. 42° 36' /LONG. E 11° 16' - ALTITUDE: +120 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: three excited chirping calls ( contact calls ?) followed by a couple of nasal syllables (probably alarm calls). - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: the alarm calls are marked with a box in the spectrogram. - MIC: (A)
recording 3 (106 KB) - * - spectrogram 3 (20 KB)
RECORDING 4
DATE/TIME: 11/july/2008 (6 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: One sparrow pair has nested in a nest-box fixed on a farm house wall. The sparrow pair (not seen) is perched on a tree near the nest-box. One Blue tit and some other sparrows are perched on the same tree. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT. N. 42° 36' /LONG. E 11° 16' - ALTITUDE: +120 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: rattle call (threat call against potential intruders). - SEX/AGE: adult female ? - COMMENT: During the previous breeding season the nest box was occupied by the Blue tit. The tit pair tried to use the same nest-box at the beginning of breeding season, but was expelled by the sparrow pair. There was a strong competition between the two species for the nest site. This call was probably uttered by the female. Background: Blackcap song. - MIC: (P)
recording 4 (750 KB) - * - spectrogram 4 (55 KB)
RECORDING 5
DATE/TIME: 18/november/2008 (11 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched (alone) on the top of a bush near a marsh. - POSITION: Diaccia Botrona marsh, LAT. N. 42° 45'/LONG. E 10° 54' - ALTITUDE: 0 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: chirping call typical of the species, in this context probably used as contact call. - SEX/AGE: adult male - MIC: (P)
recording 5 (350 KB) - * - spectrogram 5 (15 KB)
RECORDING 6
DATE/TIME: 14/may/2009 (10.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: One sparrow pair is perched on a tree just in front of its nest-box. There are two other sparrows perched in the same tree. The male calls loudly first and two background calls of the "foreign" sparrows can be heard. The female utter an excited rattle call, maybe directed against the two other sparrows. Then she utters three brief and soft piping calls to solicit copulation. During two copulations the female utters a series of piping calls. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT. N. 42 36' /LONG. E 11 16' - ALTITUDE: +120 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: male excited call, female rattle call and copulation calls. - SEX/AGE: adult male/female - COMMENT: Check spectrogram figures to find the different call types. Background: House sparrow calls. - MIC: (P)
recording 6 (1900 KB) - * - spectrogram 6 (80 KB)
RECORDING 7
DATE/TIME: 30/june/2015 (8 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: At least one sparrow (not seen) is perched on a cypress row near a fence with a couple of horses. - POSITION: Cernaia near Grosseto, LAT. N. 42°48' /LONG. E 11° 02' - ALTITUDE: +20 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: two different call types. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: The recording was made with an automatic apparatus. This audio sample is part of a longer recording. Background: Jackdaw calls. - MIC: (WA)
recording 7 (599 KB) - * - spectrogram 7 (80 KB)
RECORDING 8
DATE/TIME: 20/february/2016 (5.15 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: In a very small village there is a roost of sparrows in an arbour with evergreen climbing plants. The arbour is covered by a thick vegetation and is attached to a wall of an old house. - POSITION: Rocchette di Fazio near Semproniano, LAT. N. 42° 44' /LONG. E 11° 31' - ALTITUDE: +460 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: typical roosting calls. - SEX/AGE: adult males and females - COMMENT: The recording was made before the sunset and the sparrows were still coming to the roost. These vocal signals transmit very important informations to the sparrow community: a good resting place and likely good feeding places for the next day. This roost was used only by Passer italiae. - MIC: (P)
recording 8 (818 KB) - * - spectrogram 8 (314 KB)
RECORDING 9
DATE/TIME: 22/june/2017 (4.15 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: In a farm house there are many sparrow nests on the roof. Zone with cultivated fields, a stream and small copses. - POSITION: South-East of Tarquinia, LAT. N. 42° 13' /LONG. E 11° 49' - ALTITUDE: +20 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: calls near the nest. - SEX/AGE: unknown - COMMENT: Most birds are perched near their nests. Background Hooded crow. - MIC: (P)
recording 9 (267 KB) - * - spectrogram 9 (40 KB)