The call strikes me as being a little different from Broad-billed Flycatcher
around Darwin - not as rich. Perhaps the bird has a regional accent!
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
PO Box 71
Darwin River, NT, Australia 0841
PhD candidate
Vice-chair Wildlife Tourism Australia
On 12 May 2014, at 6:50 pm, martin cachard <> wrote:
> hi Tom,
>
> I would normally consider myself as pretty good ID-ing bird calls, but I've
> got to admit that I've found myself stumped twice n one day!!! I failed to
> recognise a call that Lloyd Nielson gave me this morning as well!!!
>
> but u may well be right on this one - i'd say it's either a Broad-billed
> Flycatcher or a Shining Flycatcher - not sure if this helps but I don't think
> it's a Leaden - they're garden birds around my place & I've never heard them
> make that sound before...
>
> cheers,
> martin cachard,
> cairns
> 0428 782 808
>
>> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 18:33:57 +1000
>> From:
>> To:
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] NT bird calls
>>
>> How are your NT bird-calls?, I'm currently analysing some audio from near
>> the manganese mine on Groote Eylandte (approx -14.0730, 136.4617) and came
>> across a clear repetitive ringing call, which is repeated twice on the
>> segment that I've posted on Xeno Canto <http://www.xeno-canto.org/178018>
>> I wonder if it's a Broad-billed Flycatcher, but that's just a
>> guess.....there is also a Lemon-bellied Flycatcher calling through the
>> segment.
>>
>> Tom
>>
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