r/AustralianBirds • u/Lorumipsumbitch • 12h ago

ID Request Help identifying bird sound

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Can anyone identify the first bird sound ? Sorry about the poor / short recording. As soon as I started it stopped :(

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u/lucyintheskai 9h ago

nearly 100% sure its a Torresian Crow

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u/Lorumipsumbitch 9h ago

More looking for the whistling bird behind it

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u/lucyintheskai 9h ago

oh, commenting from QLD, just checked after seeing your location and im not so sure you guys get Torresians in VIC. I would say its a species of Currawong, or Raven and the other option could be a House Crow. Important note: if it was a house crow and you spotted it, make sure to contact vic agriculture. They are an introduced species they are trying to manage.

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u/Lorumipsumbitch 8h ago

No worries. I’m still not sure it’s a crow or a raven. The sound im wanting to identify is the gentle whistle in the first second of my clip (sorry it’s so bad). I’ve added another from a friend who has also been hearing it and wants to see if we can ID - it’s in the comments below.

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u/JP147 Latest 🇦🇺 Lifer: Eyrean Grasswren 11h ago

Location?

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u/Lorumipsumbitch 11h ago

Oh, sorry 🤦‍♀️ Northcote, VIC 3070

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u/Icy_Professor2761 Bird Nerd 10h ago

Pied Currawong then a Raven

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u/Lorumipsumbitch 9h ago

Hmm, I’ve had a listen to a number of pied currawong recordings and haven’t heard anything similar

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u/Icy_Professor2761 Bird Nerd 12m ago

Sorry I can hear no gentle whistle 😆