djringer
Well-known member
When I lived in Papua New Guinea last year, I heard a bird I couldn't identify singing in a valley in the Eastern Highlands Province. The elevation was approximately 1600 meters/1 mile. Habitat was human-altered (typical of the highland valleys), and the bird sang from the tops of tall trees like Casuarina.
On a couple of occasions, I saw Mountain (Red-headed) Myzomelas (Myzomela adolphinae) in the same tree from which I'd been hearing this song. I'm familiar with the myzomela's chips and trills, which are the only vocalizations I could find described in the literature I had. I wondered if the song below could be an alternate myzomela vocalization, but perhaps its something else entirely.
The mp3 is here: mystery song. The quality is very poor. You will probably have to turn up your speakers to hear the bird.
Note that I removed the spaces between the bird's individual phrases. You will hear them one right after the other in this sample, but when singing, the bird paused 5-15 seconds between phrases. The "ringing" quality of the bird's voice reminded me of North American Carolina Wrens or brown thrushes.
Any ideas?
David
On a couple of occasions, I saw Mountain (Red-headed) Myzomelas (Myzomela adolphinae) in the same tree from which I'd been hearing this song. I'm familiar with the myzomela's chips and trills, which are the only vocalizations I could find described in the literature I had. I wondered if the song below could be an alternate myzomela vocalization, but perhaps its something else entirely.
The mp3 is here: mystery song. The quality is very poor. You will probably have to turn up your speakers to hear the bird.
Note that I removed the spaces between the bird's individual phrases. You will hear them one right after the other in this sample, but when singing, the bird paused 5-15 seconds between phrases. The "ringing" quality of the bird's voice reminded me of North American Carolina Wrens or brown thrushes.
Any ideas?
David