ID Australian birds (1 Viewer)

[Happy wench]

Hi there!

I wonder if someone could kindly id these 2 birds sounds. This was my 3rd wonderful trip to Australia, and the video was taken in Victoria along the Old Kinglake Road.

Many thanks!

Kind Regards

Emma

 

[Kits]

Welcome to Birdforum. I hope you enjoy your visits.

Hopefully someone will be able to help you soon.

 

[delia todd]

Hi Emma and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. Your recording is of a Whipbird and I think you will have the Eastern Whipbird there: Eastern Whipbird - BirdForum Opus, but I'm not sure which part of Victoria you are referring to, so it might be Western.

Oh how frustrating those whipbirds are... tried for weeks to get a recording and only managed a juvenile at O'Reilly's. Saw a movement under a shrub once in an area where one had been calling!!

I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.

 

[mjh73]

I think it may be a Superb Lyrebird pretending to be an Eastern Whipbird and at the end of the clip a White-throated Treecreeper. Although whipbirds are certainly in that area too, as are WT treecreepers so it could just be two different birds!
There is some high twittering that I think is Striated Thornbills too.

Western Whipbird is highly unlikely anywhere in Victoria. It was considered likely extinct in the state until a year or so ago when they were found in a remote spot in the mallee in the far west of the state, so we can rule that out at least 😆

 

[delia todd]

I think it may be a Superb Lyrebird pretending to be an Eastern Whipbird and at the end of the clip a White-throated Treecreeper. Although whipbirds are certainly in that area too, as are WT treecreepers so it could just be two different birds!
There is some high twittering that I think is Striated Thornbills too.

Western Whipbird is highly unlikely anywhere in Victoria. It was considered likely extinct in the state until a year or so ago when they were found in a remote spot in the mallee in the far west of the state, so we can rule that out at least 😆

Thanks MJ.

Never thought of a copycat, but I was considering moving the post to the ID forum in case others with maybe better hearing than me could hear anything else. And think I may still do that.

My attempts to record the whipbird drove me mad! Got loads of part recordings and one where I even said a naughty word! All made worse, as I've no idea how to get them off my phone onto the computer anyway!!!

 

[delia todd]

Never thought of a copycat,

Actually listening to some of my recordings, wondering if one or two of them may also be "copycats". Particularly one taken on 8th November, when we visited Denmark, WA. I wasn't aware of "Western Whipbird" at that stage, let alone the rarity of them, but the recording does sound 'odd' in comparison with the ones over on the east.

 

[Happy wench]

Thanks for your replies!I I'd forgotten about the treecreeper, I did id that during my last visit (6 years ago and I'd forgotten!) and there were lyrebirds being monitored in this gorgeous forest.

 

[Lisa W]

Hi, can’t help with the IDs. Just wanted to add one more welcome to the forum.

 

[Happy wench]

Hi, can’t help with the IDs. Just wanted to add one more welcome to the forum.

Thankyou Lisa. Searching for waxwings tomorrow!

 

[Chris G6 UXU]

Hello and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.

 

[KC Foggin]

Hi ya Emma and welcome aboard