bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

Closed-canopy shrubland. Normalised, 24dB HP 700Hz.

Watched a Chestnut-winged Cuckoo today and was first alerted to its presence by the classical metallic notes it makes; rendered by various sources differently but sounds like a beep, beep, beep to me. Chestnut-winged Cuckoos are said not to make calls while on migration (Wells 1999; Erritzøe, Mann, Brammer, Fuller, Cuckoos of the World 2012). Although this is general true, however there appear to be exceptions 1. On a visit to Sandakan, Sabah (Borneo) on 1st May 2016, I heard this bird calling out in the night outside my chalet near the Rain-forest Discovery Center, Sepilok (bird not seen). Similar behaviour has been reported from the Philippines (Cuckoos of the World 2012). 2. T. Ramesh has a recording of these metallic notes on Xeno-Canto on February 2019 at Serangoon Island, Singapore. He notes that another bird was seen in the vicinity when this call was recorded. 3. Peter Boesman has a recording of the fast, grating “critititit” calls (Cuckoos of the World 2012) on February 2017 at Lower Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Borneo). He notes that “Three birds responding vigorously to my whistled imitation of their song”. 4. My experience today Today I heard these calls three times over 15-20 minutes. I believe I may have triggered an extension of the calls as I whistled an imitation of the calls. I also heard the guttural “critititit” calls twice but do not have a recording of them. The classical metallic ‘beep, beep, beep’ calls made today were often as 3 notes (occasionally 2), given rapidly over 1 second. They were repeated 2-5 seconds apart and are of high frequency (16 kHz).

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Closed-canopy shrubland. Normalised, 24dB HP 800Hz. Same individual as XC812453.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

I hear this species regularly from my garden, but today I could hear it cxlearly and suspected that it was in my garden. I quickly run to the location and waited. After 10 minutes the bird flew into a tree in my garden and started calling.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

The chuckling growl that sounds twice at the end of the cut is also the cuckoo. After I played back this song, the bird buzzed over our heads at camp while calling but kept on going and did not call again.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

BY TASCAM 70D& NTG-3

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no