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Black-billed Koel

Eudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S 1843

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Richard E. Webster 2025-11-27 Tangkoko Batuangus NR overlook, Bukit Bambang, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (400 m) call -

quaver calls (song to some); not seen; two birds in close proximity to each other; interval shortened at 1:27, excited bird giving different one-note calls, same area, not necessarily the same bird (quite common around here);

1075959
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Mike Nelson 2013-09-22 Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (360 m) call, song -

In the parking area well after dark on the way out

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

152025
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-04 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:no

415161
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Frank Lambert 2014-08-12 Sulawesi, Lore Lindu, Danau Tambing, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Indonesia) (1700 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

193885
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-04 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:no

415163
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Barry Edmonston 2022-09-17 Dumoga Timur, Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (120 m) call -

Natural vocalizations from single individual perched in tree on foothills at about 280 meters elevation. It is rainy day and there is considerable background noise from rain on forest canopy.

818443
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-05 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

Calling pre-dawn

bird-seen:no

415166
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Ross Gallardy 2017-07-28 Sulawesi: Tangkoko hills, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (90 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

413933
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Richard E. Webster 2025-11-27 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (10 m) song -

30m up under top of canopy of forest; long gaps between songs; two full songs and several partial songs;

1075957
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Ding Li Yong 2024-08-05 Sulawesi: Tangkoko hills, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (70 m) call, song - [also] [sono] 931433
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Christopher Escott 2022-10-05 , Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia)   -   611535881
macaulaylibrary.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Richard E. Webster 2025-11-25 Toraut, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (240 m) call, song -

nominate per current AviList; one singing; shortened at 2:55; shortened at 3:38, at least three excited birds, not sure what was going on, but much excited calling;

1075975
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Richard E. Webster 2025-11-25 Toraut, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (240 m) call, song -

nominate per current AviList; interval shortened at 1:35; shortened at 3:09, excited song series, same bird; shortened at 5:46, two excited calls from a different bird as it flew through the area (also, e.g., after 3:03), then a few songs from the original bird after it passed;

1075974
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-04 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:no

415164
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Frank Lambert 2017-08-05 Sulawesi, Lore Lindu, Danau Tambing, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Indonesia) (1700 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

413705
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus David Farrow 18-09-2009 Lore Lindu, Indonesia (Indonesia) (? m) song (A) -   42611
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-04 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:no

415162
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-03 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:no

414774
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Frank Lambert 2017-08-05 Sulawesi, Lore Lindu, Danau Tambing, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Indonesia) (1700 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

413704
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Richard E. Webster 2025-11-25 Toraut, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (240 m) dawn song, song -

nominate per current AviList; not seen; shortened at 0:49, may be a different bird (common, very vocal, and highly mobile this trip); song at dawn, but probably not sigificant (same as nigh song and day song?);

1075967
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Mike Nelson 2013-09-22 Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (360 m) call, song -

In the parking area well after dark on the way out

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

152026
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Richard E. Webster 2025-11-25 Toraut, Sulawesi, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (240 m) call -

nominate per current AviList; complete series of 'whip' calls except first note from unseen bird at medium height in primary forest; no idea what was on the mind of this bird;

1075972
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Marc Anderson 2018-05-04 Sulawesi: Tangkoko lowlands, Sulawesi Utara Province (Indonesia) (30 m) call -

bird-seen:no

415165
xeno-canto.org
Black-billed Koel - Eudynamys melanorhynchus Frank Lambert 010-08-11 Sulawesi, Lore Lindu, Danau Tambing, Sulawesi Tengah Province (Indonesia) (1700 m) song (B) -   88254
xeno-canto.org
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