And xeno canto has a lot of calls as well - not sure if that is moderated
though so I am not sure if they are always correct (although the ones I
have listened to certainly have been)
On 21 December 2012 11:15, Alastair Smith <> wrote:
> Vivien,
> Don't forget that if you are relying on sound recordings on the iPhone
> Morcomb app, it has a very abridged selection of calls.
> You probably need to review the BOCA Field Guide to Australian Birdsong.
>
> Regards
> Alastair
>
>
> On 21/12/2012, at 8:30 AM, Vivien Rolland <> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thanks a lot to people that suggested a few ideas!
>
> I have summarized below what is different between what I heard and what
> has been suggested.
> But before I would also like to mention that I am basing my judgment on
> recordings I found and my limited experience in Australia. So there might
> be some variations that I am unaware of and that could fit better what I
> heard. Also, it is quite hard to describe a call with words.
>
> - Lewin's honeyeater: The call I heard was not a rifflegun call. It was a
> series of equally spaced single notes. Does the Lewin's H. has a non riffle
> gun call?
> - Sacred kingfisher: The sound of each note was very different, somehow
> smoother than that of a sacred. Additionally, notes in the series were more
> spaced out. The series I heard were loud but somehow peaceful.
> - Restless flycatcher: Notes were more spaced out and not quite
> disyllabic. Series were longer. Unless again, there is a variation that
> goes in that direction.
> - Eastern yellow robin: The call I heard was longer (at least 8 notes per
> series), the space between each note was longer, each note was sightly
> longer and the notes all sounded the same to me (on some EYR recordings,
> the first note differs from the next ones).
>
> It might be an unusual EYR or Restless flycatcher call, or another bird,
> but nothing I have heard so far really fits what I heard.
> Obviously it isn't a YSH and I have the feeling it is going to be
> something really trivial in the end. But I want to learn and figure this
> one out so I will probably try to go back there on the week-end. This time
> bringing my camera and a recorder in case I don't see the bird again.
>
> Thanks to everyone who contributed!
>
> All the best,
>
> Vivien
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