Decoding Guidelines

NOTE: There is a common symbol below (), suggesting that all bird calls fall under it. These symbols are sometimes used in combination. These are only interpretations, not evidence, and may differ from the interpretations presented due to various conditions such as regional, individual, and age differences. As noted below each piece, all birds here are named by scientific name. If you want to know the commonly known name of each bird, click HERE.

SymbolMeaning
symbol no.1Similar to “peep” .
symbol no.2Similar to “beep” .
symbol no.3“gee” , drier than “Beep”.
symbol no.4Similar to “quack” , the more lines, the thicker the call.
symbol no.5Wetter “quack” sound.
symbol no.6“ribbit-ribbit” , like frogs croaking.
symbol no.7Similar to “cheep” .
symbol no.8Similar to “coo” .
symbol no.9Shout in some call.
symbol no.10Pronounce with mouth open.
symbol no.11Pronounce with mouth closed.
symbol no.12Similar to “click” / “knock”.
symbol no.13Fickle pause. Also means the end of sentence.
symbol no.14Pause for a moment.
symbol no.15Exceptional high/low voice.
symbol no.16Sustainably loud/small volume.
symbol no.17Tremollo. Repeat pronunciation quickly.
symbol no.18Repeat the sentence in parentheses.
symbol no.19Trill. Quickly move up and down in pitch.
symbol no.20Accent.
symbol no.21Sustain sound.
symbol no.22Quickly pinch up-down/down-up the sound.
symbol no.23Overtonalize.
symbol no.24Make it warmer sound.