Listen to the grey shrikethrush
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About the grey shrikethrush
The grey shrikethrush is a bird in the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the grey shrikethrush sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The grey shrikethrush or grey shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), formerly commonly known as grey thrush, is a songbird of Australasia. It is moderately common to common in most parts of Australia, but absent from the driest of the inland deserts. It is also found in New Guinea.
More from the family Corvidae
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Corvus corax
Eurasian magpie
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Eurasian jay
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Western jackdaw
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Rook
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Hooded crow
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Carrion crow
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Northern nutcracker
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Blue jay
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Alpine chough
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Red-billed chough
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House crow
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Frequently asked questions
What does a grey shrikethrush sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the grey shrikethrush on this page, including its call and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the grey shrikethrush endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the grey shrikethrush as “least concern”.
What family does the grey shrikethrush belong to?
The grey shrikethrush (Colluricincla harmonica) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Woondum National Park, Australia by Yvonne Phillips – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Faulconbridge, Blue Mountains City Council, New South… by James Ray – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q605763 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Grey shrikethrush – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by JJ Harrison – CC BY-SA 3.0