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Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) call
A churring, rattling 'chirr-chirr' from a tree hollow after dark.
Listen to the Australian Owlet-nightjar call
A field recording of the Australian Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) by Eamonn Culhane, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Australian Owlet-nightjar in woodland habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Australian Owlet-nightjar
These birds share a course and a habitat with the Australian Owlet-nightjar, so you may hear them in the same places.
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Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Thin, tinkling, ascending sequence of high notes.
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Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Repeated, soft, far-carrying 'sleep-may-bee' whistle.
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Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Zanda latirostris
Drawn-out, wailing 'wee-lah' from flocks flying over; white tail panels.
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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
Harsh, rolling 'krurr' contact calls, rougher than Carnaby's; red tail panels on males.
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Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius
Sharp, ringing 'kling-kling'; in the south-west, the 'twenty-eight' call it is named for.
Questions
Questions about the Australian Owlet-nightjar
What does the Australian Owlet-nightjar sound like?
A churring, rattling 'chirr-chirr' from a tree hollow after dark. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Australian Owlet-nightjar?
Grey Fantail, Spotted Pardalote, Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo, Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo and Australian Ringneck sound similar.
Where can I hear the Australian Owlet-nightjar?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Western Australia course.
How can I learn the Australian Owlet-nightjar call?
In SongLark's Birds of Western Australia course, it comes in Level 6: Hidden Voices & the Night. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
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SongLark teaches the Australian Owlet-nightjar in its Birds of Western Australia course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of Western Australia, the Australian Owlet-nightjar comes in Level 6: Hidden Voices & the Night. That Level is about south-west specialists and the bush after dark.
Learn it with these birds in Level 6 of Birds of Western Australia
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Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis
A harsh, scratchy duet, 'it's-for-teacher', from deep coastal heath.
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Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus
Extremely loud, ringing, accelerating 'chip-chip-chip-CHIP' from dense thicket near Albany.
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
A long, mournful, descending trill, repeated through the day in spring.
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Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
The classic two-note 'boo-book' of the night, repeated over and over.
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Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
Low, repetitive soft 'oom-oom-oom' at night.
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