I thought Whipbird - it has a scolding type of call sometimes
Marie Tarrant
On 22 August 2012 10:05, Lumnitzer, Akos {PI} <>wrote:
> Hi birders
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> Could anyone help identifying this call for me? Someone on Birds in
> backyards posted the mp3 file, so the link will take you directly to the
> recording. The person backs onto Ku-ring-gai National Park.
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> http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/sites/www.birdsinbackyards.net/files/mys
> tery%20bird.mp3<http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/sites/www.birdsinbackyards.net/files/mys%0Atery%20bird.mp3>
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> My thoughts are as follows:
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> The first 6 seconds of the double note definitely sounds like a Noisy
> Miner. Not sure what the call signifies though. Seconds 7-9 I am not
> familiar with, but sounds somewhat similar to some kind of honeyeater
> perhaps. Could well be the Noisy Miner again.
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> The downward trill at 10-12 is a Fan-tailed Cuckoo.
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> Then at 13-15 the NM again followed by the second type of double note,
> which kind of makes me think it is the same bird, hence Noisy Miner.
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> 19-21 sounds similar to an alarm call of Noisy Miner.
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> 22-23 again the second type of double note.
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> I would discount the Superb Lyrebird. I cannot hear any calls in this
> recording that would even remotely remind me of a Superb Lyrebird. From
> my limited experience they usually incorporate a mechanical whirring
> kind of sound and some other "typical" Superb Lyrebird specific calls. I
> have forwarded to a knowledgeable birder friend of mine and his thoughts
> were mostly Noisy Miner as well. We could well be wrong though.
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> Any thoughts?
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> Thanks..
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> Kind regards
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> Akos
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Marie Tarrant
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