Thanks Tim. Excellent.
The Song Thrushes on Lord Howe Island include quite a bit of mimicry in
their song. Back in '97 I sent a tape of them to Peter Slater (University
of St Andrews Professor, not our Australian Peter Slater) and he commented:
"I thought it very interesting. It is clearly song thrush, but also full of
all sorts of ethereal Australian noises." I've wondered whether it was the
mimicry of Australian birds that occasioned that remark.
Any mimicry with your Melbourne songsters?
Cheers
Syd
> From: "Tim Dolby" <>
> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 12:54:47 +1000
> To: <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Song Thrush: Friday Bird in Focus
>
> * The Song Thrush has a very large song repertoire, one of the
> largest for the oscine (songbirds). It can be anywhere between 140 to
> 220 different songs. This compares with a Blackbird 20 to 50 different
> songs. (The bird with the most songs is the Brown Thrasher from North
> America. It looks quite similar to a Song Thrush and has a repertoire of
> 3000 plus distinct songs. A Sunbird has one.)
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