Dickcissel
Chapter 5: More about Song Learning
Subchapter: Song (and call) dialects
From page 65 in the book.
Photo by Robert Royse
Dialect 1, from three neighboring males beside the Mississippi River, in Illinois. Listen first to a composite recording in which you hear only one song from each of three individuals (♫259); longer recordings are available for each of those individuals (♫260, ♫261, ♫262). May 30, 2008. Levee Road, Neunert, Illinois. (0:14, 0:20, 0:19, 0:23)
♫259—one song from each of three individuals
♫260, ♫261, ♫262—longer recordings from those three individuals
Dialect 2, from three neighboring males across the Mississippi River, in Missouri. Format same as for Dialect 1: a composite recording (♫263), and longer recordings for each individual (♫264, ♫265, ♫266). May 30, 2008. Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. (0:14, 0:33, 0:26, 0:23)
♫263—one song from each of three individuals
♫264, ♫265, ♫266—longer recordings from those three individuals
Dialect 3, from three neighboring males at Prairie State Park, western Missouri: composite recording (♫267), longer recordings for each individual (♫268, ♫269, ♫270). June 2, 2008. Prairie State Park, Mindenmines, Missouri. (0:15, 0:26, 0:33, 0:23)
♫267—one song from each of three individuals
♫268, ♫269, ♫270—longer recordings from those three individuals