File:Psophodes olivaceus - Eastern Whipbird XC442271.mp3

English: :See the normalized version that is louder at XC442701 (but with more white noise). An eastern whipbird pair (male closer) as seen in the sonogram, the male calls at 0:05, 0:23, 0:43, and 1:04, followed by the females high-pitched two-syllable response (which the male has apparently also been known to sing). Less noticeable is a (female?) faint contact call at 0:20, e.g. like in XC345114 (additionally on other occasions I have seen a pair hopping around with these noises being made), with what sounds like a yellow-faced honeyeater at 0:42 (before the second last call) but may actually be mimicry from the eastern whipbird.

Silenced a section of noise, but kept the first as it overlaps with an unknown bird (with a possible Q&A?) at 0:10, I think I've heard a brown thornbill make this noise before.

Recorded on a deck at the back of the house at the provided coordinates, about 5-10 m above ground. This is typical dry sclerophyll forest on a ridge with eucalypts and casuarinas dominating the canopy, in different areas. There are intermittent creeks (more like ponds along the creekline as of Nov 2018) at the valley bottoms east and west about 200 m away.

I have deliberately not trimmed some noises in some of my uploads as even though they don't overlap with vocalizations, trimming them reduces the time between vocalizations, which results in lost important information.

Feel free to send me additions for background species or suggestions for my recordings, or upload your edited version of the recording, linking to the original and letting me know.

My recording device is a smart phone, a Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X. Recorded straight to mp3.

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Common name: Eastern Whipbird

Type: female, male, song

Genus: Psophodes

Species: olivaceus

Location: Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City Council, New South Wales

Country: Australia

Elevation: 480 m