Hi Graeme,
Were the O"Reilly's shrike-tits you mentioned in Subtropical Rainforest? I've
seen them a number of times in the ecotone of Littoral Rainforest or wet
sclerophyll, particularly in association with Glochidion ferdinandi (Cheese
Tree), where they seem particularly fond of the caterpillars that feed on the
Cheese Tree fruit.
I have heard varying calls from Shrike-tits in the Morisset locality, but it is
primarily adding suffix notes to the mournful call.
Regards,
Allan Richardson
Morisset NSW
On 13/01/2013, at 4:14 PM, Graeme Chapman wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
> Just to pick up on your comment that "I'm not sure where Phil's idea of 'very
> different Calls' comes from". Until I'd spent some time at O'Reillys in the
> rainforest I would have agreed with Phil - the calls of Northern Shrike Tits
> do sound different to Eastern Shrike-tits but now that I have had more
> experience I would modify that statement to ......sound different to most
> Eastern Shrike-tits.
>
> In my experience, the rainforest inhabiting birds at O'Reillys (a very odd
> habitat for a Shrike-tit) do have in their repertoire calls that are almost
> identical to the northern Shrike-tits at Drysdale River. I've heard and
> recorded lots of Eastern Shrike-tits and haven't heard "northern" type calls
> anywhere but at O'Reillys. I would be interested to know where you've heard
> these calls in the east - they must surely occur elsewhere because you are
> obviously familiar with them. Unfortunately we know so little about the
> entire repertoire of all but a few of our native birds in Australia that it's
> downright embarrassing.
>
> For those who are interested in the different Shrike-tit calls, my website
> has a good selection where they can be compared easily .
>
> Cheers
>
> Graeme Chapman
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