AZFO MP3 Bird Sounds Library:
Information and Directions

Please read below before clicking here to go to Bird Sound Library. 

The AZFO Bird Sounds Library features recordings made in Arizona or, for selected rarities, from nearby areas.  Its purpose is to provide a tool for learning local song dialects and calls of species that occur in Arizona and to (eventually) post multiple recordings from throughout the state to document geographical variation in song dialect.

We are unable to add new recordings at this point, but we always encourage write ups and articles. See link on sidebar.

Excellent advice on getting started making your own recordings is available at the Wildlife Sound Recording Society website

Note before using:

Connection Speed:  These are LARGE files, NOT recommended over dialup connections

To Quickly Play a Song: Click on the play button to the left of each species

• Click the play button to start the song
• A player pops up in the lower left corner allowing you to pause, adjust volume and to see the progress of the song
• You can hide the player by clicking the arrow box on the far right

          Try this example to experiment:

• Common Ground-Dove - 01 July 2006

To use a bowser plugin, such as Quicktime, to play a song:  Click on a species name to launch a new window and use your broswer's audio plugin to play the song (press your browser's back button to return)

To Play the Song with Other MP3 Players:  Download the song and use any MP3 player software (iTunes, etc) to play the song. We recommend the Raven Lite player for birdsongs (see sidebar)

To Download the MP3 File:
Right-Click on a species name and choose "Save target as" in Internet Explorer or "Save link as" in Mozilla Fixefox

All recordings are copyrighted© by the recordist. Downloading and copying are authorized for personal use only such as playback on a personal computer, portable music player or other device. All other use is forbidden without written permission from the recordist.  AZFO discourages the use of playback in the field to attract nesting species into view, particularly rare, sparse or local nesters in the state.  See the ABA Code of Ethics.