Description

Australian Bird Calls Tasmania CD

Australian Bird Calls Tasmania CD features a range of calls for this unique group, along with those of a further 68 species, many of whose calls are different to their mainland cousins and particular attention has been paid to this aspect.

Where possible, a range of calls of each species is presented, allowing the listener to become aware of the repertoire of sounds possessed by many of the birds, particularly songbirds.

Ron Nagorcka, well known Tasmanian naturalist and composer, has supported this presentation by making a considerable number of calls available to make the selection more comprehensive.

The album features no music or spoken commentary. The natural calls of Tasmania’s birds can be appreciated both as a source of pleasant sounds, or as a well documented reference source of many of the island’s bird species, particularly those that are difficult to observe. A list of the species, with call description and behaviour notes, can be found inside the cover.

For those people with a particular interest in any of the calls, further information can be obtained from the author.

Birds Australia, the largest bird organisation in the country, endorses and recommends this CD to anybody interested in enjoying and knowing the calls of many of Tasmania’s wonderful birds.

List of Contents

1. Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
2. Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
3. Grey Goshawk Accipter novaehollandiae
4. Brown Falcon Falco berigora
5. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
6. Lewin’s Rail Rallus pectoralis
7. Tasmanian Native-hen Gallinula mortierii (endemic)
8. Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris
9. Hooded Plover Thinornis rubricollis
10. Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor
11. Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
12. Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
13. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
14. Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera
15. Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans
16. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus
17. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
18. Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
19. Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus (endemic)
20. Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
21. Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor
22. Orange-bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
23. Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus
24. Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
25. Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
26. Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
27. Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
28. Southern Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae
29. Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae
30. Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
31. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
32. Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae
33. Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus
34. Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus
35. Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
36. Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus (endemic)
37. Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus
38. Tasmanian Scrubwren Sericornis humilis (endemic)
39. Scrubtit Acanthornis magnus (endemic)
40. Striated Fieldwren Calamanthus fuliginosus
41. Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
42. Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii (endemic)
43. Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
44. Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa (endemic) (sound sample)
45. Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
46. Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
47. Yellow-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavicollis (endemic)
48. Strong-billed Honeyeater Melithreptus validirostris (endemic)
49. Black-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus affinis (endemic)
50. Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhoptera
51. New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
52. Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Phylidonyris melanops
53. Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
54. White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons
55. Scarlet Robin Petroica multicolor
56. Flame Robin Petroica phoenicia
57. Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster
58. Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata (endemic)
59. Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum
60. Olive Whistler Pachycephala olivacea (sound sample)
61. Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
62. Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica
63. Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
64. Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
65. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae
66. Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus
67. Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
68. Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
69. Black Currawong Strepera fuliginosa (endemic)
70. Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor
71. Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus
72. Richard’s Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
73. Beautiful Firetail Staganopleura bella
74. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
75. Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans
76. Little Grassbird Megalurus gramineus
77. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
78. Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata
79. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
80. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris