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n.  the “sibilant low” call of the Yellow-eyed Babbler, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.


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n.  the “creaking, rasping” song of Baillon’s Crake bird, as described in The Handbook of Bird Identification for Europe and the Western Palearctic by Mark Beaman.


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n.  the high-pitched squeak of the Fire-Tailed Myzornis bird, as described in A Field Guide to the Birds of China by John MacKinnon.


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n.  the “hard, rolling” call of an agitated Clamorous Reed Warbler, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia by Craig Robson.


n.  the fast, clicking call of the African (Bluebilled) Firefinch, “like a fishing reel as the line is played out,” as described in Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair; the “long dry trills” of the Pale-Eyed Pygmy-Tyrant, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Columbia by Steven L. Hilty; the “dry rattling” of the Kittlitz’s Plover, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey; see also t-t-trrr.


trrrrrr.
n.  the “thin wooden rattle” of the Spotted Antpitta bird, as described in A Guide to the Birds of Columbia by Steven L. Hilty.



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