Dear interested persons
It was nice to learn from Richard & Robert that my notes on some
recreational birdwatching had been published.
To help verify that I saw and heard a Zitting Cisticola in the guava
thickets at the very eastern end of Lake Tinnaroo near Yungaburra, I shall
provide the following.
The crown had very bold striations, bolder than any female Golden-headed
Cisticola I have seen, and the call was also bold: a long "zit zit zit zit"
(often repeated - apparently a cisticola habit). Simpson calls it
"insect-like" and I find that a fair representation; though Slaters "lik lik
lik would also fairly represent it. Beehler & Pratt differentiate the call
made when sitting (a ticking) from the call made when flying (zit zit zit)
and I do recall some variation as it moved from one thicket to another. I
have been seeing Golden-headed Cisticola for more than 30 years and have
them around our home here on campus - so are very familiar with their three
calls.
Happy birding to you all.
Mike
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Dr Mike Tarburton
Assoc Prof Biology
Pacific Adventist University
PMB Boroko
Papua New Guinea
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