[01] O. A. Astakhova, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University of M. V. Lomonosov, Russia.

Songs of birds can be as analogy of human speech. Thus to territorial distribution of song patterns frequently call as dialects. Changes of vocalization structure (songs, calls) of birds are known phenomenon in the bioacoustics. But formation of dialect song forms of many bird’s species are not found. In the article variants of song types of chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs L.) are presented.

Birds Song, Species-Specific Song, Dialects of Song

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