Cicadas from Portugal: The sound of Summer.
(José Alberto Quartau)

  • Cicada barbara
     

    Surely most people have already heard cicadas in the hottest hours of summer, but perhaps few have ever seen them.

    They are essentially tropical insects (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea), being also frequent in the Mediterranean area. Thirteen distinct species are confirmed as occurring in Portugal, although there is still little information on some, namely on their distribution.

    (Text by J.A.Quartau/2019)

    In FonoZoo together with Dr. José Alberto Quartau we will make a tour through the different species and their curiosities, enjoying the sounds of these spectacular insects.

    To know the generalities about the Portuguese Cicadas and listen to their sounds, click here.
    We will add a one different species periodically.

New: sound environments of famous places.

  • Cigarral de Menores

    Cigarral de Menores

     

    In www.FonoZoo.com we begin the publication of ambience of famous places in Cigarral de Menores de Toledo occasion of the publication of the book “Memorias del Cigarral 1552-2015”, Editorial Taurus Gregorio Marañón and Bertran de Lis ( www.gregoriomaranon.es )

Highlighted Areas

  • Feature 1

    FCW Frog Calls of the World Sound List

    Search our catalogue of published recordings (CD, cassette, vinyl) at the Fonoteca Zoológica, by genus, specie or family.

  • Feature 2

    Publications

    Some Sound Guides edited by the Fonoteca Zoológica and Alosa (Sounds of Nature).

  • Feature 3

    Search recordings

    use the search for sounds of animal species indexed in our music library

Sound Samples

Hyla eximia  
FZ sound collection
W. E. Duellman
Pseudopaludicola mystacalis  
published
Guía sonora de las ranas y sapos de Bolivia. CD 2
Pelophylax cypriensis  
FZ sound collection
Michael Hadjiconstantis
Mantella milotympanum  
published
The calls of the frogs of Madagascar. CD 2

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