No post-filtering. Habitat: heavily wooded nr. estuary. Overcast and windy day.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Same bird as XC364980

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

Bird recorded in garden. Slightly different call than usual two-toned call; here three tones can be heard.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

Responded to playback of XC113259

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

A male singing while perched nearby in a thicket. The bird mimics the harsh call of a Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis just after 0:17, and then Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus at 0:37, just before 0:48,0:49,0:51,0:54 and also after 1:00, at 1:08,1:14,1:19 and finally at 2:23. The male then mimics a Fork-tailed Drongo in short song phrases from 1:20 to the end of the recording. A Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens can be heard drumming / pecking on wood soon thereafter. Minimal high pass filtering applied; normalized to -3dB.

Bird calling and mimicking from thick coastal bush at edge of town.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Species that were mimicked by this robin-chat: Red-chested Cuckoo, Black-crowned Tchagra, Red-winged Starling, and Black-headed Oriole

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

Bird heard calling in a forest in the Soutpansberg in the early morning in summer.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

Song with imitation of Emerald Cuckoo

Audacity used if editing made: notch filter

Calling from thick coastal bush. There is a warning type call I cannot identify.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

Single whistle. Greenbul singing in the background.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

The call consists of mimicry, first of African Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) and then numerous other recognisable and non-recognisable calls. The sound clip was normalised only to improve volume of cell-phone recording. The bird was low down in Coastal Forest shrubbery. Early morning rainfall and insect / tree frog calls make up background sound.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Black-crowned Tchagra is the main call being mimicked by the Red-capped Robin-Chat.

A bird in understorey of coastal forest in Umlalazi, responding to playback of its own calls by short song sequences. Singing very softly, but very close to me (about 2 m away).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

Same bird as in previous clip, giving soft calls from undergrowth of coastal forest while very close to me.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no