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Thanks to all.
I saw the bird in silhouette, though I think it was black or dark in colour, flitting somewhat nervously between the top foliage in a large Melaleuca tree. From photographs of the three candidate friarbirds (Hornbill, Helmeted and Silver-crowned) I doubt it
is a friarbird. The sound was closest to three of the many recordings on
xeno-canto.org for the Black Butcherbird. I listened to several recordings for each of the friarbirds, and they too have rather diverse calls. However, I've not heard any of the typical firebird cackling at other times. I have heard on other days, occasionally,
something that sounded like a normal fluting butcherbird calls, so I suspect that's the strongest candidate at the moment. It's also a little like some of the noises of the orange-footed scrubfowl, but this was definitely not one of those! (strange calls.
see: http://www.dcnicholls.com/misc/scrubfowl.mp3)
DN
On 26 Jun 2017, at 2:17 pm, sandra henderson <> wrote:
David - this morning I've heard both black butcherbird and helmeted friarbird in Cairns (in the Botanic Gardens there), and I agree with Philip and think your bird is a friarbird.
Sandra h
On Sunday, 25 June 2017, David Nicholls <> wrote:
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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