Variety of Dusky Moorhen calls, still awaiting classification into call types. One important trick will be to separate out flying birds and ensure these are given a particular call type. Would be good to find recordings from dry sites with no moorhens in earshot!
Evidence for identification
Comparison with knowledge of daytime calls. Would be worth making a definitive spectrogram graphic.
Confidence statement
Strong, but there are many borderline calls that are hard to be sure about; best to classify these as unknown.
Similar species / confusion risks
Brief calls that sound like Dusky Moorhen could come from a wide variety of other species, so care is needed.
Project detections: 1147 annotations; 104 nights; recorded in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November; most recent detection 08 Sep 2026.
Project clips
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 21 Apr 2022, 01:46:59, Annotation 200, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 21 Apr 2022, 01:46:52, Annotation 196, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 21 Apr 2022, 01:46:57, Annotation 199, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 21 Apr 2022, 01:47:27, Annotation 206, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 21 Apr 2022, 22:25:13, Annotation 25, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 20 Mar 2026, 21:17:24, Annotation 960, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Not completely confident with this one; need to check in context of recording. Feedback welcome.
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 22 Mar 2026, 23:52:00, Annotation 1270, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 24 Mar 2026, 23:15:10, Annotation 1494, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 24 Mar 2026, 23:15:32, Annotation 1502, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 24 Mar 2026, 23:23:35, Annotation 1509, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied
