Listen to the Foothill schiffornis
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About the Foothill schiffornis
The Foothill schiffornis is a bird in the family Tityridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Foothill schiffornis sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The foothill schiffornis, or foothill mourner, (Schiffornis aenea) is a Neotropical species of bird in the family Tityridae, the tityras, becards, and allies. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Related birds in the genus Schiffornis
More from the family Tityridae
Sharpbill
Oxyruncus cristatus
Black-tailed tityra
Tityra cayana
Cinereous mourner
Laniocera hypopyrra
Pink-throated becard
Pachyramphus minor
Dusky purpletuft
Iodopleura fusca
White-winged becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
One-colored becard
Pachyramphus homochrous
Yellow-cheeked becard
Pachyramphus xanthogenys
Frequently asked questions
What does a Foothill schiffornis sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Foothill schiffornis on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Foothill schiffornis endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Foothill schiffornis as “least concern”.
What family does the Foothill schiffornis belong to?
The Foothill schiffornis (Schiffornis aenea) belongs to the family Tityridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Napo: km 11.6 Narupa-Loreto road, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q10818946 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Foothill schiffornis – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by OlegRozhko – CC BY-SA 4.0