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| African Fish Eagle Haliaetus vocifer | |
| Background: Golden-rumped Tinker Barbet., recorded by David Watts, 8 December 1974, Lake St Lucia, Zululand, South Africa. | |
| African Fish Eagle Haliaetus vocifer | |
| calls, recorded by TC White, 13 January 1983, Lake Naivasha, Kenya. | |
| African Toad Bufo regularis | |
| calls, recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 3 August 1966, Lake Duluti, Arusha, Tanzania. | |
| Bharatpur Dawn | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. | |
| Canada Goose Branta canadensis | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 17 February 1980, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
| Common Frogs Rana temporaria | |
| recorded by Laurence Shove, 12 February 1965, South Brent, Devon, England. | |
| Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 23 March 1970, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Common Loon Gavia stellata | |
| song and calls, recorded by Tom Cosburn, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | |
| song, recorded by Victor Lewis, 8 May 1974, Shropshire, England. | |
| Common Teal Anas crecca | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 20 January 1980, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
| Common Toad Bufo bufo | |
| calls, recorded by Eric & May Nobles, 19 March 1989, Llandrindod Wells, Radnor, Wales. | |
| Coot Fulica atra | |
| calls and splashing, recorded by William Pedley, 11 February 1970, Cosgrove Broads, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Evening atmosphere | |
| recorded by Katie Hampson, 5 August 1998, Coorg, Lackunda Estate, Karnataka, India. | |
| Frog chorus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1981, Foz de Jutai, Jutai, Brazil. | |
| Grey Heron Ardea cinerea | |
| calls at nest, recorded by Victor Lewis, 21 April 1974, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 3 June 1977, Shropshire, England. | |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 28 March 1982, Newport Pagnell Gravel Pits, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius | |
| recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 2 July 1985, Luangwa River, Zambia. | |
| Indian Gharial Gavialis gangeticus | |
| calls, recorded by Daniel Bennet, 14 September 1998, Madras Crocodile Bank, Madras, India. | |
| Linnet Acanthis cannabina | |
| flight calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 25 May 1965, Berkshire, England. | |
| Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 2 June 1967, Surrey, England. | |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | |
| female calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 11 October 1992, near Fernhurst, West Sussex, England. | |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | |
| male calls, recorded by William Pedley, 1976, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 11 April 1971, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England. | |
| Mute Swan Cygnus olor | |
| wings, recorded by Reg Tassell, 11 May 1978, Staverton Bridge, Devon, England. | |
| Northern Leopard Frog Rana pipiens and Wood Frog Rana sylvatica | |
| chorusing, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 14 April 2001, Humber Trails Park, Ontario, Canada. | |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 11 June 1978, Morayshire, Scotland. | |
| Pobblebonk Frog Limnodynastes dumerili | |
| recorded by Vicki Powys, 13 February 1992, Sunny Corner, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Rusty Forest Treefrog Leptopelis viridis | |
| recorded by Mark Day, 29 July 1989, 7km north of Bafarta, Guinnea-Bissau. | |
| Siamese Crocodile Crocodylus siamensis | |
| young, recorded by Katie Hampson, 5 Sept 1998, Madras Crocodile Bank, Madras, India. | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
| song, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 18 January 1967, Manyara Lake, Tanzania. | |
| The Water Singer Micronecta scholtzi | |
| An aquatic bug stridulating underwater, recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1984, Wimbledon Park, London, England. | |
| Tropical savannah soundscape | |
| recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 7 September 1966, Arusha, Tanzania. | |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 4 July 1982, Willen Lake, Buckinghamshire, England. | |
| Water dripping in a subterranean cavern | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 20 May 1997, limestone caves, Dordogne, France. | |
| Wigeon Anas penelope | |
| calls, recorded by Rod Jervis, 21 January 1979, Waltham Brooks, Sussex, England. | |
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