European Goldfinch: Song & calls
The European Goldfinch is a chatty finch whose tinkling, liquid calls are often heard from a flock before you see the colourful birds themselves.
- Flight call: a tinkling, liquid "tickelitt" or "titit-tit" — soft and rhythmic. The commonest call from a flock in flight.
- Song: a long twittering that mixes tinkling, whining and melodic phrases. Like a little garden orchestra.
- Alarm: a sharper "tsew".
Recordings can be found on xeno-canto and Artportalen (the Swedish species observation system).
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