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Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

Willie Wagtail SONG Strongly supported

Putative nocturnal call type

Sequence of 4-5 short notes between 3-4.5kHz, typically lower at start and end.

Evidence for identification

Perfect match to spectrograms of reference calls, well known vocalisation also given during the day.

Confidence statement

High confidence since this is a well-known vocalisation.

Similar species / confusion risks

No confusion species.

Project detections: 1575 annotations; 4 nights; recorded in September, October, November; most recent detection 16 Sep 2022.

Project clips

Willie Wagtail SONG

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 01:31:45, Annotation 1975, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied

Willie Wagtail SONG

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 01:31:31, Annotation 1972, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied

Willie Wagtail SONG

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 01:32:49, Annotation 1989, Annotator: Richard Fuller, Automated light denoise applied