BIRD SOUNDS

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?Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer), call in distance: Recorded at Speke Bay Lodge in morning, 9-4-2007
African Firefinch dawn song: This clip of the dawn song of African Firefinch was recorded in mixed woodland (Acacia/Commiphora/Combretum/Brachystegia) with a thick understory of Lantana bushes and Hyperhenia grasses at Kigwambimbi, Iringa on 22 April 2008. It was originally (miss) identified as Jameson's Firefinch as this is the only species that had been recorded at this locality over the past 10 years. However, this year it was pointed out to me by Jeff DaCosta that African FF was also present. As the habitat thickens and woodland regenerates at Kigwembimbi, it would appear that African FF is replacing Jameson's FF.
African Golden Oriole, (Oriolus auratus), song: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008. Yellow-vented Bulbul prominent in recording
African Golden Oriole, (Oriolus auratus), song 2: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008
African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro): African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro). You will hear a sound like "quid - quid" or "(h)wiid - (h)wiid". This is a common display call which is heard e.g. just before sunrise. Sometimes this call is heard when it still rest on its favourite "night resting tree". However, most often it starts to call as it start souring on rather slow wing beats. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen. This is a TEST - I want to hear from you if this is too big a file for you the user.
African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus), call: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga area, 16-3-2008
African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens), call and song: recording starts with call, many times uttered at landing, but also when bird is in tree. Recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007
Alexander's Akalat, Sheppardia insulana kungwensis: A clip of the song phrase of Alexander's Akalat from Mfitwa Forest at 2500m in Mahale Mountains National Park. This sounds exactly like the song recorded on Mt. Cameroon on Claude Chappuis' African Bird sounds CD series.
Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis), song: Song of bird recorded singing under rooftop at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2008
Bamboo Warbler, Bradypterus alfredi kungwensis: Clip of a song given by a pair of Bamboo Warblers at the edge of Mfitwa forest in the Mahale Mountains National Park at 2500m.
Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica): Bar-throated Apalis (Apalis thoracica). You will first hear two birds dueting – one produce a rapid series of “chatter-like” notes the second bird replies instantly with a different and much shorter “chatter”. Half way through the sound file only one bird is calling (still same pair of birds) – yet another set of note and very different from the dueting series. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen. This is a TEST - I want to hear from you if this is too big a file for you the user.
Barred Owlet, Glaucidium capense: Recording of a Barred Owlet in Kwamgumi Forest, East Usambara Mountains.
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla), call: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008
Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla), call 2: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008
Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster), duet song: Pair singing at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007
Black-lored (Sharpe's Pied) Babbler: 2-3 birds recorded along the Kyaka road to Mutukula (Uganda border)
Bocage's Akalat, Sheppardia bocagei ilyai: Bocage's Akalat recorded in Riverine forest along Mbala Stream in the Sitebe Syampemba mountains 65 km NW Mpanda (6°40'40"S-30°32'10"E, 1700m) in August 2005.
Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis), flight song: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region. Song in background, not very loud, but audible
Common Bulbul dawn song: This is a typical dawn song given by Common Bulbul in Southern and Central Tanzania. Recorded at Kigwambimbi 12 km East of Iringa.
Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas), song: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge. Bird flies away at end of recording. 6-1-2008
D'Arnaud's Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii usambiro), duet song: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 17-2-2008
Dappled Mountain Robin, Arcanator orostruthus: Dappled Mountain Robin recorded at Mufu, Ndundulu, in the West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains.
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), call: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region. Call was uttered just after the male had landed in a small bush
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), song: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 17-2-2008
Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax: Song of the Forest Robin recorded in Minziro Forest Reserve, NW Tanzania
Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni), song: Song recorded near Makoko Language School, near Musoma, 15-4-2007
Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris), song: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008
Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), song: Song recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-3-2008
Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), call 1: Call recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-3-2008
Grey-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura), call 2: Call recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 9-3-2008
Grey-capped Social Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi), calls: Adult calling in vicinity of nest. Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-3-2008
Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida), duet song: Song of two birds recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 20-05-2007
Grey-capped Warbler (Eminia lepida), alarm: Alarm recorded at Speke Bay Lodge 8-4-2007. Bird in tree above recorder
Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus ugandae): songs of various indivuduals in rural very open garden. Backgroud sounds: cock, people, sounds in house, microphone handling,
Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina), song: Recorded at probably northern migration. Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 17-2-2008
Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina), song 2: Song of different individual recording in vicinity of the bird which recording was placed under the name 'Icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina), song'. Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 17-2-2008
Iringa Akalat, Sheppardia lowei: Brief cut of the song of Iringa Akalat from Mufu, Ndundulu, West Kilombero Scarp Forest Reserve, Udzungwa Mountains.
Jameson's Firefinch call notes: Call notes of Jameson's Firefinch. These are usually given in flight and when birds have been flushed. It may also act as a sort of contact call between birds as this species is usually found in pairs or small groups. This recording was made in secondary miombo woodland at Kigwambimbi, 12 km East of Iringa.
Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas), song: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 17-2-2008
Leopard (Panthera pardus): One big mamma (with young) - for almost two weeks she was patrolling along our forest camp at night - a very exciting experience. Udzungwa Mts, 1880m, wet season 2007. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Leopard (Panthera pardus): One big mamma (with young) - for almost two weeks she was patrolling along our forest camp at night - a very exciting experience. Udzungwa Mts, 1880m, wet season 2007. Copyright © Louis A. Hansen
Lesser Masked Weaver (Ploceus intermedius), call: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 24-2-2008
Lesser Striped Swallow (Hirundo abyssinica), call: Call recorded at Makoko Language School, near Musoma. Adult near nesting side flying around recorder.
Little (Hottentot) Button-Quail: Call of the Hottentot Button-Quail, Turnix sylvatica, recorded at Kigwambimbi, Iringa in long grass in a clearing in degraded miombo woodland on the edge of Wangama Village. Other species heard in the cut are: Slate-colored Boubou, Common Bulbul, Yellow-bellied Bulbul, Grey-headedBush-Shrike, Green-backed Camaroptera, White-browed Robin-chat, Trilling Cisticola, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Paradise Flycatcher, Tawny-flanked Prinia, White-browed Scrub Robin, Marico Sunbird, Black-headed Tchagra
Little Greenbul: Recorded in SW Minziro Forest
Little Rush Warbler, Bradypterus baboecala (elgonensis?): This song was recorded in a small seasonally wet depression a few hundred meters east of the Simba Kopjies in Serengeti National park. The song of this subspecies (whatever it is) is very different from the song of B. b. msiri and B. b. tongensis from further east.
Little Swift (Apus affinus), call: Recorded at Makoko Language School, near Musoma, 15-4-2007. Adult bird calling in nest just after it flew in.
Little Swift (Apus affinus), group calling in flight: Group calling in vicinity of nesting place. Makoko Language School, near Musoma, 23-4-2007
Miombo Rock Thrush - song (Ruhengeri, Rwanda): Male recorded singing/calling whilst in a eucalypt plantation/forest in the north west of Rwanda (nowhere near miombo)
Nyikae Thrush 1: These are three different calls from the bird on the Ulugurus, treated in the Handbook as Nyikae. The bird was almost black head to chest, hardly any relief on the throat. Dark below but somewhat browner. In flight the rusty flanks were very conspicuous on the almost uniformly dark bird. I can find no illustrations or images of nyikae. Whilst roehli is dark, “nyikae” on Uluguru appears as black as helleri from Taita Hills. I hope that someone can find a use for this. As you can hear it is very strong and melodic. Best for now Brian
Nyikae Thrush 2: These are three different calls from the bird on the Ulugurus, treated in the Handbook as Nyikae. The bird was almost black head to chest, hardly any relief on the throat. Dark below but somewhat browner. In flight the rusty flanks were very conspicuous on the almost uniformly dark bird. I can find no illustrations or images of nyikae. Whilst roehli is dark, “nyikae” on Uluguru appears as black as helleri from Taita Hills. I hope that someone can find a use for this. As you can hear it is very strong and melodic. Best for now Brian
Nyikae Thrush 3: These are three different calls from the bird on the Ulugurus, treated in the Handbook as Nyikae. The bird was almost black head to chest, hardly any relief on the throat. Dark below but somewhat browner. In flight the rusty flanks were very conspicuous on the almost uniformly dark bird. I can find no illustrations or images of nyikae. Whilst roehli is dark, “nyikae” on Uluguru appears as black as helleri from Taita Hills. I hope that someone can find a use for this. As you can hear it is very strong and melodic. Best for now Brian
Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus): Description: call note, what I call type 2, a fast call. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus): Description: call note, what I call type 1, the weak "cip" type. Could remind you of a wheel on an old wheel barrow, or the pedal on a bicycle that needs to be oiled. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Orange Ground-thrush (Zoothera gurneyi): Description: full bodied song. Very typical. Possible and only possible there are two birds heard - one begins to sing and the after a few notes a another is answering with high pitched "squeak" like notes. Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Orange Ground-thrush (Zoothera gurneyi): Description: song. What I call type 2, however this might just be one example of imitation of another species of birds song (speculating of it is dabble-breast it tries to imitate). Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Pale Wren-warbler (Calamonastes undosus), call: Call recorded from bird in low bush at Speke Bay Lodge, 8-4-2007
Papyrus Gonolek: Along the Kyaka - Bukoba road where a wetland area was hugely productive. This bird came out into the open unprompted.
Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis): Presented: call/(song?), and a call. There is a small possibility of confusing the voice with that of the Square-tailed Drongo. Some notes could easily be confused with certain call notes from Dappled Mountain Robin. In the background, during the last part, a fine small sequence of the Moreaus's Sunbird is heard. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Perleugle: Mars 2009 Straumsbukta
Pied Crow (Corvus albus), call in flight: Bird flying overhead. Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 24-2-2008
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), call: Call of bird in flight, taken at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), excitement calls: Recording taken near nesting side at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007
Rattling Cisticola: Recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 2007. Song
Rattling Cisticola: Recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 2007. Call
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), song: Song uttered before migrating back to breeding grounds. Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-3-2008
Red-chested Sunbird (Cinnyris erythrocerca), song: Recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007
Red-faced Crombec (Sylvietta whytii), (?alarm) call: Bird at close range in small tree. Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 17-4-2008
Rufous-naped Lark: This recording from Uzemvelo NR, Gauteng, South Africa
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Nectarinia senegalensis): Song recorded at Makoko Language School, near Musoma.
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), song: Song recorded at Speke Bay Lodge (08-04-2007). Background sounds: Afr. Mourning Dove, another Sedge Warbler, White-bellied Canary
Sidensvans: Straumsbukta mars 2009
Slate-coloured Boubou (Laniarius funebris), duet song: Song recorded at Makoko Language School near Musoma, 15-4-2007
Sokoke Scops Owl, Otus irenae: Song of the Sokoke Scops Owl recorded in Sokoke forest along one of the nature tracks in the eastern sector of the forest.
Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus), calls: Calls of birds in group recorded at Makoko Language School, near Musoma, 22-4-2007
Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus), calls 2: Calls of group while fouraging at Saadani at "Tent with a View" lodge, 6-1-2008
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula): Description: this is the call. Can be heard over a relative long distance, as it is high pitched and seems to penetrate all other noise. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula): Description: another type of call, or maybe this is used as warning notes. Recording from the Udzungwa Mts. 1991-92. Copyrights @: Louis A. Hansen and the late Jens Otto Svendsen.
Spotted Morning Thrush (Cichladusa guttata), call 2: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-3-2008
Spotted Morning-Thrush (Cichladusa guttata), call: Call recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-03-2008, early morning
Swahili Sparrow, Ndutu lodge: Song in early morning of 'Swahili Sparrow' Passer griseus suahelicus at Ndutu Lodge, March 2006. ID confirmed by David Moyer. Sound recording: Paul Coopmans - coopmans@ecnet.ec
Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica), song: Song recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007. In background calls of White-winged Tern and African Mourning Dove.
Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica), song2: Song recorded at Speke Bay Lodge. Exited beginning of two birds. Recorded at 9-4-2007
Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia sublfava), song: Song recorded near Makoko Language School, near Musoma, 15-4-2007
Trilling Cisticola: One of the calls of this species; recorded north of Karagwe
Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus), duet song: Song recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008
Uluguru Bush Shrike, Malaconotus alius: Song of the Uluguru Bush Shrike recorded by Elia A. Mulungu on above Tegetero Mission in the Uluguru North Forest Reserve.
Variable Sunbird territorial song: Territorial song given by males at dawn.
Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), song: Song of group of weavers singing at nesting site, taken at Speke Bay Lodge, 20-5-2007
White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), song 1: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008. Fairly soft song uttered around 25 meters from recorder.
White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), song 2: Recorded at 'Tent with a view' lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008.
White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), song 3: Recorded at 'Tent with a View' lodge, Saadani.
White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), song 4: Song recorded at 'Tent of a View' lodge, Saadani
White-starred Forest Robin (Pogonocichla stellata): Presented: some whistling notes which sounds anxious and probably is just a call and some "prrrt, prrrrt" notes which probably are warning calls.
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), song: Song recorded at Speke Bay Lodge, 9-4-2007
Winding Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes), song 1: recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga Region, 24-2-2008
Woodland Kingfisher: This recording from Uzemvelo NR, Gauteng South Africa Stein Ø. Nilsen
Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Serinus reichenowi), call: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region. Bird first in tree, then flies away from recorder. 17-2-2008
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus), song: This type of song is heard of other tinkerbird species as well, like Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird. Not always mentioned in bird guides. Recorded at "Tent with a View" lodge, Saadani, 6-2-2008
Yellow-spotted Barbet: Recorded in SW Minziro Forest
Yellow-throated Longclaw: recorded a few kilometres east of Kyaka
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus), song: Recorded at Bugisi, Shinyanga region, 16-3-2008
Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul (Andropadus importunis), song 2: More subdued song. Recorded at "Tent with a View" Lodge, Saadani, 6-1-2008

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