borneo sound recordings (1 Viewer)

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James Lowther

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• Jun 26, 2011

• #1

Hello,
am hoping to travel to sabah (hopefully danum valley, kinabatangan, in september (hope that's an ok time...)
have been revising heavily with the field guide but would like to learn some vocalisations too.
I don't know if there are any commercial CDs available but i daresay i can manage to cobble together a selection from xeno-canto or the other online collections.
My question is: does anyone have any particular recommendations of which species i need to concentrate on?
cheers,
James

p.s. i've no real SE Asian experience to speak of if that makes a difference...

 

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James Lowther

Well-known member

• Jul 3, 2011

• #2

bump!

 

Jason Bugay Reyes

Well-known member

• Jul 4, 2011

• #3

Hio James,

Whitehead's Trogon, Broadbill and Spiderhunter with Bornean Ground Cuckoo, Fruithunter, Mt. Serpent Eagle and Blue-headed, Black & Crimson, Bornean Banded Pitta and Everett's Thrush

 

gandytron

Well-known member

• Jul 4, 2011

• #4

James,

I'd try to learn as much as possible - not just target birds, because so often you can end up hearing something but not have a clue what it was because you have only focused on the recordings of a few target spp.

It is also worth having a recording of Collared Owlet to play as a way of pulling birds in, though it should only be used sparingly.

Get stuff from the Bird of Tropical Asia CD (Jelle Scharringa) and Xeno Canto as a starting point.

Best

Dave

 

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James Lowther

Well-known member

• Jul 7, 2011

• #5

thanks for the tips guys!
James

 

Hor Kee

Penang birder

• Jul 8, 2011

• #6

James Lowther said:

thanks for the tips guys!
James

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Or even better still, get Jason Reyes @ Horukuru as your bird guide! All the best :t:

 

Jason Bugay Reyes

Well-known member

• Jul 11, 2011

• #7

gandytron said:

James,


It is also worth having a recording of Collared Owlet to play as a way of pulling birds in, though it should only be used sparingly.

Dave

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Birds here doesn't respond to the call of Collared Owlet. Tried it several times at different locations

 

gandytron

Well-known member

• Jul 11, 2011

• #8

horukuru said:

Birds here doesn't respond to the call of Collared Owlet. Tried it several times at different locations

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Jason,

I think we used it with some success on Mnt Kinabalu this spring - but certainly seemed more successful at Fraser's Hill in W. Malaysia

Best

Dave

 

Rob Hutchinson

Soft Lad

• Jul 13, 2011

• #9

Hi Dave,

Have to tried Collared Owlet to attract birds in Borneo?

I'm intrigued as to whether it would work with the owlet being so scarce there.

Rob

gandytron said:

James,

I'd try to learn as much as possible - not just target birds, because so often you can end up hearing something but not have a clue what it was because you have only focused on the recordings of a few target spp.

It is also worth having a recording of Collared Owlet to play as a way of pulling birds in, though it should only be used sparingly.

Get stuff from the Bird of Tropical Asia CD (Jelle Scharringa) and Xeno Canto as a starting point.

Best

Dave

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James Lowther

Well-known member

• Jul 13, 2011

• #10

hi guys,
have checked out the scharringa CD-ROM and it looks pretty good although a bit pricy!!
one question though - it obviously covers a very large geographical area. To what extent are recordings for one species from e.g. thailand going to be helpful in Borneo? i know in the neotropics vocalisations sometimes vary a lot between different subspp.
cheers,
James

 

gandytron

Well-known member

• Jul 13, 2011

• #11

Rob Hutchinson said:

Hi Dave,

Have to tried Collared Owlet to attract birds in Borneo?

I'm intrigued as to whether it would work with the owlet being so scarce there.

Rob

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Hi Rob,

I'll need to check my notebook at home, but if memory serves me correctly we had some success (but certainly not as effective as in W. Malaysia)...and I think that we actually ended up soliciting a response from a collared owlet at least one during our Kinabalu trip this spring (again, I will need to check my notes at home to be sure).

Best

Dave

EDIT: OK, have checked notebook, and found no mention of collared owlet whilst in Sabah this year - think I must have got mixed up with a trip to Kaeng Krachan NP I did shortly afterwards with the same birding mate...

 

Last edited: Jul 13, 2011

Hor Kee

Penang birder

• Aug 17, 2011

• #12

James,

You may want to download MP3 files of certain target species from here http://www.xeno-canto.org/asia/all_species.php.

Still, you can't beat a good bird guide, of which I once again highly recommend Horukuru @ Jason Reyes