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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:45:03 +1000 |
Many thanks to Dan for an excellent talk and to Mark for his rendition of calls. One call that he didn't do - and may be impossible for a human to perform without damage to the larynx or dentures - was the call of the female Pallid Cuckoo. It is described in Pizzey and Knight as a 'hoarse brassy whistle". While HANZAB cites a source describing this call as a possible territory defence response every time I have heard it it has been given by a female bird responding to the typical call of a male. Romantic interludes have sometimes followed.
The only recording I have been able to find of this call starts at 1 minute and 11 seconds into the BOCA tape calls for this species but (apart from copyright issues) I doubt if list members would appreciate a 1.8Mb attachment.
Martin
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