How accurate is Birdsong's bird identifier?

It runs Google's Perch, a research-grade acoustic model covering nearly 15,000 species. When a call is ambiguous, we say so honestly and let you record a second clip to confirm, rather than guessing.

Is my recording stored?

No. Your audio is used to identify the bird in the moment and isn't saved to our servers. The birds you confirm are kept as cards in your own field journal; the recordings themselves are not.

Is the bird identifier free?

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Do I need an account or internet to identify a bird?

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Birdsong field guide

Black-headed Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti

A robust, high-altitude specialist of the finch family, specifically adapted to the extreme alpine environments of Central Asia.

What it sounds like

A sharp, metallic 'tsip' or 'twit' delivered in flight, and a simple, twittering song of high-pitched notes.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Meena Haribal · IndiaCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

It is one of the world's highest-dwelling birds, frequently breeding at altitudes exceeding 5,000 meters.
Males display a subtle but distinctive rosy-pink wash on the rump and wing coverts during the breeding season.
The species is highly gregarious, often forming massive flocks of several hundred individuals during the winter months.
Nests are meticulously hidden deep within rock crevices or under boulders to survive sub-zero temperatures and high winds.
Their diet is primarily composed of small alpine seeds, though they opportunistically forage for frozen insects on snowfields.

Habitat

Barren stony slopes, scree, and alpine tundra well above the tree line.

Range

The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, extending into the Altai and Pamir mountain ranges.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Asian Rosy-FinchLeucosticte arctoa Black Rosy-FinchLeucosticte atrata Brown-capped Rosy-FinchLeucosticte australis Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola

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