Help needed ASAP please - African birds

[helenol]

I need some help please, pretty quickly.

I need to know

a. what kind of seabirds one can expect to hear on the North African coast?

b. also, is there a particular seabird associated with this area?

Preferably, the birds should have a very distinct and loud call.


Secondly, is there a good website where I can check out the sounds of said birds?

Thanks in advance.

[Motmot]

Cory's Shearwater at dusk while in the breeding season are very noisy and loud. Yellow-legged Gulls are noisy all day too. Check this website for their voices.
http://www.scricciolo.com/eurosongs/canti.htm

Saludos
Eduardo

[helenol]

Motmot, thanks very much for your help.

[helenol]

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the call of yellow legged gull on the website link.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a site that contains the calls of said bird?

Thanks.

[Steve Lister]

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the call of yellow legged gull on the website link.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a site that contains the calls of said bird?

Thanks.

They sound much the same as Herring Gulls so I think you would know if you had heard them.

Steve

[helenol]

Thanks Steve.

Are there any more birds likely to be heard on the North African coast, besides the two already suggested?

[avifauna]

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find the call of yellow legged gull on the website link.

Can anyone point me in the direction of a site that contains the calls of said bird?

Thanks.

There is a short sound-clip (somewhere) on this page
http://www.istrianet.org/istria/fauna/birds/birds-adriatic.htm

[pduxon]

I take it H you are after coastal birds that would SOUND African ?

[helenol]

I take it H you are after coastal birds that would SOUND African ?
In a way, yes. But they do need to be heard on the North African coast.

[ashrich]

Hi Helen , just had a look around my field guides and there are LOADS of sea birds to be found around the North Coast of Africa , many of them to be seen here as well , gulls , Terns , Gannets , Petrels to name but a few . Get a good guide that includes N.Africa and it will give you a better idea of what you are looking for .

Ashley.

[helenol]

Thanks for that Ashley.

Regards