Mimicry

["Greg" <>]

Hi Brian,

I have heard Satin Bowerbirds mimicking te calls of other bird species on a 
number of occasions.  Years ago an adult male was perched high in a eucalypt 
at Gibraltar Range National Park, northern NSW, and was mimicking the call 
of the Wedge-tailed Eagle.  More recently a female plumaged bird in our yard 
at Coutts Crossing, north coast NSW, was mimicking a Yellow-tailed 
Black-Cockatoo.  When I hear a bird in rainforest mimicking other birds' 
calls, I don't automatically presume that the culprit is a Lyrebird, as 
Satin Bowerbirds are accomplished mimics.

Regards

Greg Clancy