On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 09:40:17AM +1000, Evan Beaver wrote:
> Carol,
>
> Interesting that you record a Western Gerygone by call. My (limited)
> understanding is that the Western is the truncated 'falling leaf'
> call; White Throated the one that goes on and on. In your experience
> is the White Throated pretty reliable? I may have heard a WeGe
> recently, but was nervous about it being a lazy White Throat, giving
> up before they were finished.
We get both White-throated and Western Gerygones in Canberra.
The calls are quite distinctive (to my musically training ear
at least.) From memory:
White-throated Gerygone starts with a long decending call,
then usually adds a series of upwards and downwards notes,
often repeated a few times. The overall quality is bright
and cheerful.
Western Gerygone has a more rambling call, upwards and downwards
notes without the long descending call of the White-throated.
The notes sound "out of tune" - discomforting for a musician,
but probably not noticable for others, though it sounds a little
"sad" compared to the White-throated.
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