Out of area recording ID

[Mark Clayton <>]

As I said to David yesterday, I agree with Philip that the call is that of a
friarbird. It certainly doesn't sound like any Black Butcherbird that I have
heard and I have heard a lot of them across northern Australia.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Veerman 
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2017 10:58 AM
To: 
Subject: Out of area recording ID

I wonder if Geoff is responding to the "a bit bigger than a blackbird" as
thinking along the lines that the bird is black, thus suggesting Black
Butcherbird. Although I have only been to Cairns once, I reckon the sound of
the Black Butcherbird is distinctly within the range of butcherbirds. This
recording sounds to me distinctly like a Friarbird.

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Dabb 
Sent: Sunday, 25 June, 2017 11:57 AM
To: 
Subject: FW: [canberrabirds] Out of area recording ID

Black Butcherbird?

-----Original Message-----
From: David Nicholls 
Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2017 10:24 AM
To: Canberra Birds 
Subject: Out of area recording ID

I'm in Cairns at the moment, and there are a lot of new bird calls I'm
trying to identify. Here's one from this morning. Sitting in a tree top
calling, sometimes with a nearby one responding. Medium size bird a bit
bigger than a blackbird, but hard to see against the sky. Also a dove and
occasional lorikeets in the recording background. ID advice appreciated!

Here's the URL (size 430K): http://www.dcnicholls.com/misc/squawk-hiq.mp3

DN



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