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Old 02-01-2010, 02:35 PM
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Does anyone know the vocal range of a bird (the kind which sit in trees and tweet)? Seriously.. I can't find this anywhere.. any bird will do... in hertz please

... I seriously can't find it anywhere lol
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A european swallow, or an african swallow?
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I can tell you their hearing range (50Hz to 20kHz, yikes), but most of them seem to sing between 900 and 6,000Hz, I'd say.
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http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/gjk/songrm.htm
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/

Ask me about fish next please, that's a really interesting one.

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A european swallow, or an african swallow?
"I don't know" *shoots off into the air and flies down a big hole*

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I can tell you their hearing range (50Hz to 20kHz, yikes), but most of them seem to sing between 900 and 6,000Hz, I'd say.
Hmm.. Do you think? This seems a little high to me. What kind of pitch can a human talk/sing?

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To my ears, nearly identical to Axl Rose's range.
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To my ears, nearly identical to Axl Rose's range.
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That's like asking "what's the frequency range of a musical instrument?"

You need to be more specific.
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