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| Amazon Parrots Amazona farinosa | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Bahia Tyrannulet Phylloscartes beckeri | |
| song, recorded by Jeremy Minns, 7 November 2001, Boa Nova ('14 23S 40 13W), Bahia, Brazil. | |
| Bamboo Rat Dactylomus dactylinus | |
| calls at night, recorded by Richard Ranft, 22 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Bannerman's Turaco Turaco bannermani | |
| from "African Birds Sounds - vol 2" CD, recorded by Nick Gardner, 22 March 1997, Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon. | |
| Bare-faced Tamarin Saguinus bicolor | |
| recorded by Jacques Vielliard, 26 August 1987, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. | |
| Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus | |
| song, recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, Achimota Forest, Ghana. | |
| Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes ralloides | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 14 April 1985, Volcan Barva, Costa Rica. | |
| Black-girdled Barbet Capito dayi | |
| song, recorded by Jeremy Minns, 8 April 2003, Thaimaçu, Pousada - R. São Benedito, '09° 03'S 56° 35'W, Para, Brazil. | |
| Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis | |
| song, recorded by Derek Holmes, 24 June 1973, Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. | |
| Bolivian Earthcreeper Upucerthia certhioides harterti | |
| calls, recorded by Dave Willis, 29 July 1999, Saipina, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. | |
| Burmese Bushlark Mirafra microptera | |
| "type 2" song, recorded by Per Alström, 26 March 1996, Bagan, Burma. | |
| Cajamarca Ant Pitta Grallaria rufula cajamarcae | |
| song, recorded by Tom Gullick, 3 February 1999, 40 km from Celendin, 3100 m, Cajamarca/Celendin road, Peru. | |
| Cape Dawn soundscape at 0445 hours | |
| recorded by David Watts, 12 December 1979, Outeniqua Mountains (ca 22 37'E, ca 33 54'S), Cape Province, South Africa. | |
| Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes | |
| recorded by Jo Wong, 3-20 July 1995, Budongo Forest, Masindi district, Uganda. | |
| Cicada Carineta sp | |
| tymbal vibrations, recorded by Richard Ranft, 26 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Cicada | |
| chainsaw' cicada, recorded by Richard Ranft, September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Colobus Monkey Colobus guereza | |
| recorded by Roland McVicker, 29 July 1982, Kakamega, Kenya. | |
| Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 24 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Crested Gibbon Hylobates concolor | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 18 June 1988, Twycross Zoo, England. | |
| Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi | |
| song, recorded by Simon Harrap, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. | |
| Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor | |
| calls, recorded by Anthony H. Baylis, 2 October 1990, Montagne D'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar, Madagascar. | |
| Danum Valley atmosphere | |
| recorded by Charles Rowney, July 1986, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. | |
| Dawn Chorus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 25 May 1998, Ebernoe Common, West Sussex, England. | |
| Dawn chorus | |
| recorded by Reg Kersley, March 1972, Dusun Game Reserve, Malaysia. | |
| Dinosaur | |
| simulation. This is the only synthetic sound on these pages; all others are authentic sounds! | |
| Dusk in an oriental rainforest | |
| recorded by Reg Kersley, February 1973, Taman Nagara NP, Malaysia. | |
| Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura | |
| song, recorded by Tom Gullick, 28 August 1995, Iguacu, Misiones, Argentina. | |
| Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus | |
| song, recorded by TC White, Mt Tamborine, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Edible Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta | |
| sonar calls, recorded by Reg Kersley, February 1973, Victory House, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia. | |
| Emerald Spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos | |
| song, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 6 April 1985, Matopos, Zimbabwe. | |
| Extract from Rainforest Requiem | |
| frogs, insects and owls accompany the mournful cadence of a Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) by the Amazon river., recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Forest dawn chorus | |
| recorded by TC White, 9 September 1979, Mt Tambomine, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Golden-headed Tree Babbler Stachris chrysaea | |
| song, recorded by Reg Kersley, 6 February 1973, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia. | |
| Green Turaco Turaco persa | |
| calls, recorded by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire, 20 March 1988, Chappa Waddi, Nigeria. | |
| Grey-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus | |
| song, recorded by Per Alström, May 1990, Kunming, China. | |
| Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil | |
| song, recorded by Reg Kersley, May 1973, Pasoh Game Reserve, Malaysia. | |
| Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Indri Indri indri | |
| song, recorded by Jon Pollock, 1972, Madagascar. | |
| Ivory-breasted Pitta Pitta maxima | |
| song, recorded by Nick Gardner, 28 August 1992, Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera, Indonesia. | |
| Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis | |
| calls, recorded by Steve Smith, 2 March 1993, Windsor Caves, Jamaica. | |
| Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii | |
| song with mimicry, recorded by Richard Ranft, 23 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Lesser Bird of Paradise Paradisaea minor | |
| recorded by Tom Gullick, 6 August 1999, Baiyer River, New Guinea. | |
| Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla | |
| chest beats, recorded by Nicola Chao, 2002, Mikongo Conservation Area, Lope National Park, Gabon. | |
| Malabar Flying Frog Rhacophorus malabaricus | |
| recorded by Katie Hampson, 20 July 1998, Coorg, Lackunda Estate, Karnataka, India. | |
| Mantled Howler Alouatta palliata | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 2 May 1985, Santa Rosa National Park, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. | |
| Marine Toad Bufo marinus | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 27 April 1985, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. | |
| Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius monetzuma | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, March 1985, Horquetas, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. | |
| Musician Wren Cyphorhinus arada | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| New Britain Friarbird Philemon cockerelli | |
| recorded for The British Library during the Oxford University 'Nakanai' expedition, recorded by Nigel Gummerson, 9 August 1993, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. | |
| Night monkey Aotus azarae | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 24 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Oilbird Steatornis caripensis | |
| echolocation clicks, recorded by David Pye, 1963, Oropuche Cave, Trinidad. | |
| O'o A'a Moho braccatus | |
| A recording of a lone male singing, the last individual before the species became extinct in 1987, recorded by John Sincock, 25 May 1983, Alakai swamp, Kauai, Hawaii. | |
| OrangUtan Pongo pygmaeus | |
| recorded by Marina Davila Ross, 27 August 2001, Batang Ai National Park, Sarawak, Borneo. | |
| Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembae | |
| song, recorded by Tom Gullick, 20 Ausgust 2002, edge of Ngezi Forest, NW Pemba, Zanzibar. | |
| Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates trivittatus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 27 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Rainfall | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Rainforest Soundscape | |
| recorded by John N. Hutchinson, 30 April 1980, Green Mountains, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba | |
| song, recorded by TC White, 26 October 1980, Bangar, Brunei. | |
| Robin Chat Cossypha caffra | |
| song, recorded by David Watts, 19 September 1979, Augrabies Falls on Orange River, South Africa. | |
| Rufous Shrike-thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha | |
| recorded by Vicki Powys, 22 July 1990, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. | |
| Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea | |
| song, recorded by Steve Smith, 22 February 1994, Abuko, Gambia. | |
| Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, 2 October 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Seychelles Sunbird Nectarinia dussumieri | |
| song, recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 8 November 1976, Mahe, Seychelles. | |
| Sphagnum Frog Kyrannus sphagnicolus | |
| recorded by John B. Fisher, 30 October 1983, New England National Park, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| Strawberry Frog Dendrobates pumilio | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 20 February 1985, La Selva Biological Reserve, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. | |
| Sunda Warbler Seicercus grammiceps | |
| song, recorded by Edward Vercruysse, 1 June 1998, Gunung Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. | |
| Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae | |
| song with mimicry and commentary, from the 78 rpm disc published in 1931, the first bird sound record issued in Australia, recorded by R Littlejohns, Australia. | |
| Tree Frog Hyla granosa | |
| calls, recorded by Richard Ranft, 12 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis | |
| calls, recorded by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire, November 1989, Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda. | |
| Tumbes Hummingbird Leucippus baeri | |
| recorded by Mark Whiffin, 20 March 2002, Hacienda Sauce Grande, Tumbes, Peru. | |
| White-collared Manakin Manacus candei | |
| wing sounds and calls at lek, recorded by Richard Ranft, 13 March 1986, La Selva Biological Reserve, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. | |
| White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar | |
| duet, recorded by Reg Kersley, Ampang Game Reserve, Malaysia. | |
| White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus | |
| song, recorded by Henri W. Groeneveld, 26 June 1982, Meru Betiri, East Java, Indonesia. | |
| Woodquail Odontophorus gujanensis | |
| song, recorded by Paul Donahue, Suriname. | |
| Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus | |
| recorded by Vicki Powys, 10 August 1993, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia | |
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