Avibase: Hylacola cauta (Shy Heathwren)

Shy Heathwren

Hylacola cauta Gould, J 1843

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Peter Boesman	2023-10-18	, Mildura (Australia)	-	612380411 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Yung-Kuan Lee	2025-02-08	, Jerramungup (Australia)	-	631436930 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Peter Boesman	2023-10-18	Patchewollock Bushland Reserve, Victoria, Mildura - Pt B (Australia) (? m)	song - [sono]	859903 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta whitlocki	Mark Harper	22-10-2009	Fitzgerald River NP, WA, Western Australia (Australia) (300 m)	Song (A) -	40634 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Andrew Spencer	2016-01-16	Gluepot Reserve--track 8, Unincorporated SA, South Australia, Australia, Unincorporated South Australia (Australia)	- Song from a bird responding to speculative playback in short, dense mallee.	101516831 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Marc Anderson	2021-10-08	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Cobar (Australia) (160 m)	song - bird-seen:no	689118 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta macrorhyncha	Greg McLachlan	2017-09-14	Mount Hope, Cobar Shire Council, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (180 m)	song - Mallee. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	387208 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta cauta	Khristos Nizamis	2024-06-02	Ngarkat Conservation Park, District Council of Southern Mallee, South Australia, Southern Mallee (Australia) (90 m)	dawn song, song, imitations - Dawn song of what I'm reasonably confident must be a Weebill. This passage comprises mainly imitations of other birds, including, possibly, Grey Shrike-thrush and Crimson Rosella (?). (The indicated location is merely nominal. Recordings were made in several locations within the area, all of which were reached on foot.)	917147 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Peter Boesman	2023-10-18	, Mildura (Australia)	-	612380408 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta macrorhyncha	Marc Anderson	2013-09-20	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, Euabalong, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (160 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	148654 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Peter Boesman	2023-10-18	Patchewollock Bushland Reserve, Victoria, Mildura - Pt B (Australia) (? m)	song and call - [sono]	859905 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Peter Boesman	2023-10-18	Patchewollock Bushland Reserve, Victoria, Mildura - Pt B (Australia) (? m)	song - [sono]	859902 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Edward Smith	2022-09-25	, Murray Bridge (Australia)	-	488110671 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Rohan Long	2021-12-21	Greater Bendigo National Park--Campbell Rd, Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, Greater Bendigo (Australia)	-	397707031 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Marc Anderson	2021-10-07	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Cobar (Australia) (160 m)	song - bird-seen:no	689117 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta macrorhyncha	Marc Anderson	2021-10-08	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Cobar (Australia) (160 m)	song - bird-seen:no	681000 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Josep del Hoyo	2009-10-29	, Mildura (Australia)	-	203930741 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta cauta	Martin Cake	2017-05-21	Gluepot, South Australia, South Australia (Australia) (50 m)	song - A single bird of a presumed pair, calling from cover close to the top of a thick shrub approx 1m tall. bird-seen:yes playback-used:yes	372345 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Peter Boesman	2023-10-18	Patchewollock Bushland Reserve, Victoria, Mildura - Pt B (Australia) (? m)	song and call - [sono]	859904 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Noah Sparke	2026-06-21	, West Wimmera (Australia)	-	660065332 macaulaylibrary.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta macrorhyncha	Marc Anderson	2013-09-20	Nombinnie Nature Reserve, Euabalong, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (160 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	148655 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Andrew Galbraith	2024-03-29	Arapiles, Horsham Rural City, Victoria, Horsham Bal (Australia) (300 m)	song - [sono]	891260 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta	Eddy Smith	2022-09-25	Monarto South, The Rural City of Murray Bridge, South Australia, Murray Bridge (Australia) (110 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - The park comprises remnant mallee woodland mostly yellow mallee (Eucalyptus incrassata), dry heathland, slender cypress pine (Callitris gracilis) and broom bush (Melaleuca uncinata). Edits: Highpass filter 250 Hrz to12db. Noise reduction 12db with a sensitivity of 6.00 and smoothing to level 3. Normalization -3db An adult bird foraging on the ground in dense low ground cover. Highly vocal but difficult to observe in its habitat where it forages. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	751092 xeno-canto.org
Shy Heathwren - Hylacola cauta macrorhyncha	Greg McLachlan	2017-09-09	Mount Hope, Cobar Shire Council, New South Wales, New South Wales (Australia) (170 m)	alarm call, song - Alarm calls intermingled with song. Two birds. Mallee. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	387209 xeno-canto.org

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