strange call?

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Subject: [canberrabirds] strange call?

On Sunday half way
down Mt Budawang (SE NSW) I heard a strange birdcall which I hope someone can
identify for me. Despite careful looking I could not find where it was coming
from. 

When: Sunday 18
September at c.3pm. 
Where: In
moist sclerophyll forest with a dense understorey of shrubs and an overstorey of
silvertop ash and another tall straight smooth-barked white gum with scribbly
marks on it. Altitude possibly around 800m? 
What: The call itself was a single 'ch'k', 'tik' or 'chok' like
call. Sometimes repeated. On several occasions it would follow this sound with
what I can only describe as a cross between a cat's miaouw and a engine revving.
And on one occasion it delivered its 'chok' call once, then its miaouw, which it
then repeated in quick succession. A truely unusual call. 
Who: There were 2 Whipbirds in the vicinity, some
thornbills and a Crescent Honeyeaters further away. My own conclusion was it was
a new call of a White-eared Honeyeater I had never heard before or a new call of
a Whipbird I had never heard. I dont believe it was a Crescent Honeyeater. The
other possibility is a Green Catbird. I have heard them up in Queensland before
but I thought they were likely to be only in subtropical rainforest and if it
was one it was at the westernmost limit of its range and close to its normal
southern limit ( I realise vagrants turn up further south to Mt
Dromedary). 

The bottom line is I am
completely stumped as to what it could be? Any help would be greatly
appreciated. If anyone has a wave file of a green catbird call they could send
me that would be a great help too. 

Cheers 
Marnix
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