Word: kinglets
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...visual recordings show that most birds' songs are not intended for clumsy human ears. A few of them (e.g., the songs of whippoorwills and song sparrows) can be heard complete, but others contain many parts that are too high-pitched. When heard by human ears, the golden crowned kinglet's song, for instance, must be a pale shadow of what it sounds like to another golden crowned kinglet, which can appreciate all of its highest notes...
...ornithologist has discerned 15 species, among which are: two varieties of chickadee, a ruby-crowned kinglet, a black and white junco, a nuthatch, a downy woodpecker and forlorn cedar waxwing...