jurek
Well-known member
I hope to travel to Ghana (fingers crossed) and want to learn 10 or 25 most common bird sounds there. I am not good enough to learn sounds of all 400+ species, but it would be good to know the most common ones, to have a sort of a sound background, which could be 80% or 90% of birds I actually hear in the field. Not to be birding deaf. Thinking about it, I would wish such a thing for all places I visit. But even for Europe there is nothing.
And here is a problem. I have recordings of all the birds, but most are rare, others rarely call, or don't have conspicious calls (e.g. sunbirds), or sounds are useless for identification, e.g. ped crow. There is nothing like a common sounds. A sort of bird sound phrasebook, where you learn most common words.
So, what are 20 or 30 birds most commonly heard in Ghana?
And maybe somebody wants to fill a hole in the market, and produce sets of most common bird sounds for various countries? Even highlighting them on a general website, e.g. ebird or xeno-canto would be useful.
And here is a problem. I have recordings of all the birds, but most are rare, others rarely call, or don't have conspicious calls (e.g. sunbirds), or sounds are useless for identification, e.g. ped crow. There is nothing like a common sounds. A sort of bird sound phrasebook, where you learn most common words.
So, what are 20 or 30 birds most commonly heard in Ghana?
And maybe somebody wants to fill a hole in the market, and produce sets of most common bird sounds for various countries? Even highlighting them on a general website, e.g. ebird or xeno-canto would be useful.