Listen to the Long-billed forest warbler
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About the Long-billed forest warbler
The Long-billed forest warbler is a bird in the family Cisticolidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “endangered”.
What does the Long-billed forest warbler sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. 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 long-billed forest warbler (Artisornis moreaui), also known as the long-billed tailorbird, is a songbird of the family Cisticolidae, formerly part of the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Tanzania and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat destruction.
Related birds in the genus Artisornis
More from the family Cisticolidae
Zitting cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Common tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
Ashy prinia
Prinia socialis
Red-faced cisticola
Cisticola erythrops
Jungle prinia
Prinia sylvatica
Wailing cisticola
Cisticola lais
Grey-capped warbler
Eminia lepida
Rufous-fronted prinia
Prinia buchanani
Ashy cisticola
Cisticola cinereolus
Neddicky
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Green-backed camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Frequently asked questions
What does a Long-billed forest warbler sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Long-billed forest warbler on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Long-billed forest warbler endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Long-billed forest warbler as “endangered”.
What family does the Long-billed forest warbler belong to?
The Long-billed forest warbler (Artisornis moreaui) belongs to the family Cisticolidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · east usambara mountain reserve, Tanzania by paul kivuyo – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Long-billed Forest Warbler ssp. sousae Call (Artisornis moreaui sousae) by Samuel Jones – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q3315365 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Long-billed forest warbler – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Laura Gaudette – CC BY 4.0