Can somebody help me indentiffy a bird from a call? It sounded like this: weet, weet.. weet and after the weets there was just a nonsense chatter, like it was cursing somthing for interrupting it, then silence, then it started over again, weet, weet .. Weet. Nonsense chatter. Weet, weet .. Weet. Nonsense Chatter. You get the idea, it was a very sweet rich call, not thin or too high pitched, nice and strong, I didn't see it, but it sounded like a honeyeater maybe? It was around lots of bush area, Melbourne Victoria.
thanks for any help!! :)
Its a bit hard to tell without a recoring, and I'm no too good at honeyeater calls :P Some birds who make that sort of sound around my place are the king parrots and the pale-headed rosellas. This might not be of any help to you though, as i'm not certain you have these in your area. I'm sure someone else with a bit more expirience will have a better idea for you :)
Thanks you Elsie, I originally thought a rosella, but it sounded very similar to a Golden Whisler but not quite, do you know any similar birds that sound like a GW??
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
I have heard a Golden Whistler sounding like a Whipbird
Ryu
Canberra
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I would also guess some kind of parrot. They can make a lot of different noises; I often wonder what bird I'm hearing before I realise it is a parrot. The king parrot has an ascending wheet call which sounds a little bit like a whistler.
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
It definitely wasn't a King parrot they are far too shrill nothing like what I heard, it sounded like a whip bird golden Whisler mix
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Do you have Golden Whistlers where you are? Maybe it was one of them after all. Sometimes birds can sound different depending on their area, for example: Where I used to live I was used to the Magpie-larks call, and then when we moved the peewees at our new house sounded quite different. Just an observation, i'm not sure if anyone else has noticed this before. I'm not sure if I can be of any other help :P
King parrots are shrill?
I suppose it could also be a shrike thrush. Again... many varied sounds.
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Yes we have golden whistlers here Elsie, but I've never seen one, so it was probably one after all!
Yes Soakes, shrill means high pitched, and they are!
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.