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Babblers, Chats, Robins & Sitella

Birds of Prey

No.25 Nicholas Alias : Black-shouldered Kite

A short plaintive piping ‘siep’ repeated regularly at intervals of about 5 seconds; a drawn out wheezy, husky or scraping ‘scrair’ at intervals of 5-10 seconds. Also a ‘chek-chek-chek’ contact call and a sharp ‘kik-kik-kik distress call given agressively when defending the nest.

No.26 Nicola Morton : Letter-winged Kite

Call is a high, harsh, wheezy, drawn out, descending ‘pei-ir-ah’; mainly heard in spring breeding season. At the nest, harsh, wheezy whistling sounds.

No.27 Jo Maunsell : Black Kite

Call is a plaintive, peevish, descending, quavering ‘kwe-ee-ier’; also a sharp, staccato ‘kee-ee-ki-ki-ki’.

No.28 Nick Perry : Whistling Kite

‘long descending 'seeo' followed by an upward staccato 'si-si-si-si'. “one more rabbit and I’ll spew”

No.29 Tony Lewis : Spotted Harrier

Usually silent but said to utter short shrill squeal. Pizzey

No.30 LLew and Mara Kiek : Brown Goshawk

Calls loudly in vicinity of nest, a high ‘keek-keek-keek’, rising in pitch. Also a rapid, excited, descending ‘kik-kik-ki-ki-kikik’, possibly in defence of nest site. At times uses a slow, drawn out ‘youwick, youwick’; female deeper than male.

No.68 Owen Jackson : Black Breasted Buzzard

Usually silent but quite vocal near nest. On return to nest excited yelping, ‘kyik-kyik-kyik; as alarm high long ‘screee’. Also a variety of harsh scratchy grating sounds.

Birds of Prey 2

No.31 Garlo : Collared Sparrowhawk

a shrill, chattered ‘ki-ki-ki-ki’ and a slower, mellow ‘kwiek-kwiek-kwieek-’. Morecome

No.32 Collin Offord : Wedge-tailed Eagle

feeble yelps and squeals

No.33 Anthony Albrecht : Little Eagle

The call is a far-carrying, musical, yelping whistle in distinctive double- or triple-note sequence: a very rapid ‘chik-a-chuk’ or ‘chik-a-chuk, kuk’; the first ‘chik’ strong, sharp and high, the ‘-a-chuk’ softer, lower, mellow; sometimes a soft low fourth note, ‘kuk’, at the end. Morecombe

No.34 Myfany Turpin : Brown Falcon

Probably the noisiest Australian Raptor; screeches, demented hoarse cacklings, at times like a laying hen. Pizzey

No.35 Ryan Granger : Black Falcon

Call like that of Peregrine, but deeper, slower, ‘gaak-gaar-gaak-’, becoming a more excited ‘gak-gak-gak-’ if an intruder is near the nest tree. In sudden alarm a single ‘gaaark!’. Also gives a call quite unlike other falcons in courtship and display flights – a loud, high, sharp, scratchy ‘eeik-eeik’ every 3 to 5 sec. Morecombe

No.36 Alister Spence : Nankeen Kestrel

The sharp, high, almost metallic ‘ki-ki-ki’ has many variations, territorial defence, displays, fighting, approaching nest with food: ranges from fast, shrill, chattered ‘kikikik-’ to slower ‘kee-kee-kee,’ and very slow, metallic, tapping ‘kik, kik, kik’. Also has a drawn out, screaming, rising ‘keeeiir, keeiir’ at food exchange and copulation. Morecombe

No.68 Nick Weaver : Black Breasted Buzzard

Usually silent but quite vocal near nest. On return to nest excited yelping, ‘kyik-kyik-kyik; as alarm high long ‘screee’. Also a variety of harsh scratchy grating sounds.

Bowerbirds, Larks, Pipit, Sparrows & Finches

No.141 Greg Sheehan : Spotted Bowerbird

Loud chirring grating hissing or throat-clearing noises. Pizzey

No.142 Sandy Evans : Singing Bushlark (Horsfield’s)

Sweet clear if spasmodic song; notes alternately shrill and trilling or rich and melodious. Pizzey.

No.143 Sonya Holowell : Australasian (Richard’s) Pipit

Brisk splintered ‘pith’ or rasping drawn-out ‘zwee’. Pizzey.

No.144 Benjamin Samuels : Zebra Finch

Loud ‘tya’ like a toy trumpet; song a series of such notes connected with chattering trills. Pizzey.

No.145 Karlin Love & Luigi Irlandini : Double-Barred Finch

Toot like toy trumpet, long-drawn-out ‘tiaat, tiaat’. Pizzey.

No.146 Jim Moginie : Black-Throated Finch

Somewhat mournful far-carrying descending ‘peew’; soft ‘beck-beck-beckadeck’. Pizzey. "Fortunately the black- throated finch has wings and can fly…” Clive Palmer

No.147 Tim Mortimer : Plum-headed Finch

Reported to be a single ‘tlip’ or ‘tleep’; at times drawn-out and high-pitched, scarcely audible. Pizzey.

Brolga Crakes Rails Bustard Button-Quails & Wader

No.37 Mandy Connell : Brolga

Whooping bugle or trumpet like calls and harsh croaks. Simpson and Day

No.38 Everybody & Darren Blackman : Australian Bustard

deep booming, rather like the roar of a distant lion, rising then falling. Closer, sounds include an abrupt, hoarse exhalation ‘huhh!’, often leading into a hoarse throaty growling – ‘huhh!, huhh! -aa-a-r-r-rgh, aa a-r-r-rrrgh’. Morcombe

No.39 Martin Kay : Little Button-quail

Woop woop. Simpson and Day. Soft, high, resonant, musical ‘whoo, whoo, whoo…’ Squeaky chatter when flushed. Morecombe

No.40 Ian Ahles : Red-chested Button-quail

Call is a soft, quite high, booming ‘oom, oom’ at one second intervals; notes slightly slurred and rising through a sequence of 20–30 calls. Morecombe

No.41 Collin Offord : Bush Stone-curlew

Morcombe : ’eerie, a drawn out, mournfull-‘wee-ier, wee-ier, wheee-ieeer, whee-ieer-loo. Each call rises, strengthening, faster, building to a climax, then trails away.’

No.42 Ganesh Anandan : Black-fronted Dotterel

Metallic pink; trilling calls. Simpson and Day

No.43 Bonnie Hart : Masked Lapwing

Loud cackling Kerr-kick-ki-ki-ki; single kek. Simpson and Day

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