Birds Sounds

Secrets of the Seashore

From dramatic wave-battered rocky shores to gently flowing brackish creeks and lagoons. Britain’s coastline provides over 5000 miles of varied habitats for a huge assemblage of animal and plant...

Rufous Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

The nocturnal habits and chunky, cinnamon-toned form set the Rufous Night Heron apart from other Australian herons. There...

Western Gerygone: Nature’s Captivating Symphony

Family: The widespread Western Gerygone (Gerygone fusca) belongs to the family Acanthizidae Habitat: Since the western gerygone is the only gerygone...

White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosternum)

Habitat: White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is one of Australia's only endemic species of communal birds. Although they disperse...

The Wedge-tailed Eagle: Australia’s Largest Bird of Prey

FAMILY: The Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) is not only the largest bird of prey in Australia, but it...

Red-headed Woodpecker Call – Sounds

The red-headed woodpecker call consists of a tchur-tchur or drumming on its territory. The bird produced a variety of cackles, chirps, and other loud...

Northern Lapwing Call

Northern Lapwing call consists of loud, shrill ‘chew’ and a more plaintive ‘chew-ip’ (often rendered ‘pee-wit’). Display-flight ‘song’ consists of short ‘wee-ip’ calls in...

House Sparrow Call and Facts

Call/Voice/Sound/Song House sparrow call consists of various chirping calls. Typical are a strong ‘cheee-ep’, a looser ‘chissick’ and a monotonous ‘chip’. The male gives a...

Common Myna Call

Common Myna call is noisy and varied, ranging from harsh gurglings and subdued chattering to liquid whistles. On taking flight, gives a weak, rather...

Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Call

Call/Voice/Drumming The Three-toed Woodpecker call (Picoides tridactylus) is not very vocal. The bird has a short but rather soft contact call, ‘kyeuk’ or ‘kyuk’, usually...

Song Sparrow Call

The Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is generally of medium build, though its size varies substantially, ranging from as large as a California Towhee in...

Painted Honeyeater Call

Painted Honeyeater call is a melodious undulating whistle; churr. However, the song of Painted Honeyeater is stridently whistled tort-tee, tort-tee, or et-tee, et-tee. At the...

Brown Gerygone Call like what-is-it

Brown Gerygone Call consists of Three-to five-syllable soft twitter, diddle-it-did-dit, around the same pitch. That is repeated rapidly and incessantly throughout the day, even...

Get Lost in the Serenity of the Varied Thrush Song

The varied thrush song and black and orange plumage make it easy to recognize. The varied thrush is a beautiful songbird that is native...

The Black Cuckoo Sound ! Song ! Call

Description The Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) is an Afrotropical species. In southern Africa, it is a summer-breeding visitor with a largely tropical distribution, which extends...

Secrets of the Seashore