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Grey Shrikethrush

Colluricincla harmonica

Grey Shrikethrush CLEAR CALL Tentative

Putative nocturnal call type

Low but very slightly tremulous or shrill note, focused at 2.5 kHZ

Evidence for identification

Sounds like the familiar daytime contact call of this species.

Confidence statement

Needs further work to rule out other species being responsible for this noise, but certainly to ear the examples so far have the quality of this species' call.

Similar species / confusion risks

Other passerines.

Project detections: 5 annotations; 3 nights; recorded in March, April; most recent detection 17 Apr 2026.

Project clips

This is manually edited for noise reduction and a high pass filter at 1kHz Featured

This is manually edited for noise reduction and a high pass filter at 1kHz

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 26 Mar 2026, 22:32:58, Annotation 3383, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Clip manually edited for clarity

Grey Shrikethrush CLEAR CALL

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 13 Apr 2026, 23:45:32, Annotation 9489, Automated light denoise applied

Grey Shrikethrush CLEAR CALL

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 13 Apr 2026, 23:47:34, Annotation 9490, Automated light denoise applied

Grey Shrikethrush CLEAR CALL

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 13 Apr 2026, 23:49:36, Annotation 9491, Automated light denoise applied

Grey Shrikethrush CLEAR CALL

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 17 Apr 2026, 22:38:37, Annotation 10467, Automated light denoise applied