Hi everyone,
Linked below are four recordings that I would love help with. I've included details and best guesses at each; all were recorded August 6th mid-day in Gunung Gading National Park in Sarawak in lowland to mid-elevation forest. If we can identify them, I'd love to get them included with my checklists to help improve Merlin for the area.
Recording 1 - Owl/owl-ish
This is the only recording I got of this species, but it did this series of toots twice. Sounds very similar to northern saw-whet owls back in the US. Best matches I can find are reddish scops-owl or gray-hooded babbler, but obviously the cadence is not correct for either.
Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J-DciFXiiMjTev53hCVulIALZxAHh-U4/view?usp=drive_link
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V1GVoRtotXdYFn7wyyAHjo44vieXmXJX/view?usp=drive_link
Recording 2 - three-note song
Very simple and pretty song at a slightly higher elevation. Only heard from one bird but consistently for a short period. Merlin gave an ID of a mountain tailorbird, but as far as I can tell, that's quite inaccurate.
Recording: Unknown_2
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/166D6XUFyt3Bk0zzswoL_y_cimS1krvn2/view?usp=drive_link
Recording 3 - up down up down up down up down
This could be a rufous-tailed tailorbird... seems like there may be some decent song variation.
Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ph9h_bdtZd2ANupgfBA8PrPBh4fT3TxW/view?usp=drive_link
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qqSStfE4Cny4xuQ49WUEeROkwUmWgYYO/view?usp=drive_link
Recording 4 - Two birds? One rising trill and one lower tooting.
No idea for these two. I've exhausted myself trying to figure out the others so haven't made any progress on these.
Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rBpuStwLzTaXSYs4jkNIILekpxoWz8J/view?usp=drive_link
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zzm5Jl2JdSKtuCZP64D3e82ujermFIHs/view?usp=drive_link
Thanks for any and all help! For what it's worth, I was able to identify quite a few other local species by vocals; three species of barbet, yellow-bellied flowerpecker, black-and-yellow broadbill, rufous-crowned babbler (though short-tailed babbler were also possible - the songs are so darn similar at a distance!). Also pulled a ruddy kingfisher and a Diard's trogon!
Linked below are four recordings that I would love help with. I've included details and best guesses at each; all were recorded August 6th mid-day in Gunung Gading National Park in Sarawak in lowland to mid-elevation forest. If we can identify them, I'd love to get them included with my checklists to help improve Merlin for the area.
Recording 1 - Owl/owl-ish
This is the only recording I got of this species, but it did this series of toots twice. Sounds very similar to northern saw-whet owls back in the US. Best matches I can find are reddish scops-owl or gray-hooded babbler, but obviously the cadence is not correct for either.
Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J-DciFXiiMjTev53hCVulIALZxAHh-U4/view?usp=drive_link
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V1GVoRtotXdYFn7wyyAHjo44vieXmXJX/view?usp=drive_link
Recording 2 - three-note song
Very simple and pretty song at a slightly higher elevation. Only heard from one bird but consistently for a short period. Merlin gave an ID of a mountain tailorbird, but as far as I can tell, that's quite inaccurate.
Recording: Unknown_2
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/166D6XUFyt3Bk0zzswoL_y_cimS1krvn2/view?usp=drive_link
Recording 3 - up down up down up down up down
This could be a rufous-tailed tailorbird... seems like there may be some decent song variation.
Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ph9h_bdtZd2ANupgfBA8PrPBh4fT3TxW/view?usp=drive_link
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qqSStfE4Cny4xuQ49WUEeROkwUmWgYYO/view?usp=drive_link
Recording 4 - Two birds? One rising trill and one lower tooting.
No idea for these two. I've exhausted myself trying to figure out the others so haven't made any progress on these.
Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10rBpuStwLzTaXSYs4jkNIILekpxoWz8J/view?usp=drive_link
Spectrogram: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zzm5Jl2JdSKtuCZP64D3e82ujermFIHs/view?usp=drive_link
Thanks for any and all help! For what it's worth, I was able to identify quite a few other local species by vocals; three species of barbet, yellow-bellied flowerpecker, black-and-yellow broadbill, rufous-crowned babbler (though short-tailed babbler were also possible - the songs are so darn similar at a distance!). Also pulled a ruddy kingfisher and a Diard's trogon!
