40 Tune Your Ear - Rails and Crakes

Weekend Birder

Get to know the peculiar sounds of some of Australia's wetland birds. This episode is about the Buff-banded Rail, Chestnut Rail, Lewin's Rail, Australian Spotted Crake, Baillon's Crake, Red-necked Crake, Spotless Crake and White-browed Crake.

Birdwatching isn’t just about watching, it’s about listening too. Tune Your Ear episodes are designed to help you get to know bird calls. You will hear guest insights and recordings from birds around Australia.

Links:

* Buff-banded Rail recording by Greg McLachlan (XC442303) - xeno-canto.org/species/Hypotaenidia-philippensis

* Buff-banded Rail recording by Richard Boon (XC512703) - xeno-canto.org/species/Hypotaenidia-philippensis

* Chestnut Rail recording by Bram Demeulemeester (XC410635) - xeno-canto.org/species/Eulabeornis-castaneoventris

* Lewin's Rail recording by Ramit Singal (XC495636) - xeno-canto.org/species/Lewinia-pectoralis

* Australian Spotted Crake recording by Richard Boon (XC783360) - xeno-canto.org/species/Porzana-fluminea

* Baillon's Crake by Dan Lane (XC466563) - xeno-canto.org/species/Zapornia-pusilla

* Red-necked Crake recording by Phil Gregory (XC346424) - xeno-canto.org/species/Rallina-tricolor

* Spotless Crake recording by John Graff (XC166674) - xeno-canto.org/species/Zapornia-tabuensis

* Spotless Crake recording by Nigel Jackett (XC127745) - xeno-canto.org/species/Zapornia-tabuensis

* White-browed Crake recording by Marc Anderson (XC733560) - xeno-canto.org/species/Poliolimnas-cinereus

* Marc Anderson's recordings were licensed from wildambience.com

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