Listen to nature: explore bird wildlife sounds: Raptors and Nightbirds
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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. | |
| Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| scream, recorded by Victor Lewis, 2 August 1988, Cardiganshire, Wales. | |
| Barred Owl Strix varia | |
| 'who cooks for you' song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, Corkscrew Swamp, Florida, USA. | |
| Common Buzzard Buteo buteo | |
| calls of alarm at nest, recorded by Rod Jervis, 5 May 1980, Godolphin Woods, Cornwall, England. | |
| Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, 24 September 1985, Tambopata Wildlife Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. | |
| Common Potto Nyctibius griseus | |
| song, recorded by Richard Ranft, August 1988, Amacayacu National Park, Amazonas, Colombia. | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| song, recorded by David Watts, 31 January 1980, Mkusi Game Park (32 14'E, 27 39'S), Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. | |
| Giant Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus | |
| calls, recorded by David Watts, 19 June 1984, east of Naboomspruit, Transvaal, South Africa. | |
| Kestrel Falco tinnunculus | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 29 June 1981, Herefordshire, England. | |
| Little Owl Athene noctua | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 20 January 1970, Surrey, England. | |
| Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| song, recorded by A. Rex Ashby, 10 June 1984, near Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England. | |
| Oilbird Steatornis caripensis | |
| echolocation clicks, recorded by David Pye, 1963, Oropuche Cave, Trinidad. | |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus | |
| heartbeat, recorded by Simon Elliott, 21 June 1999, Highland, Scotland. | |
| Osprey Pandion haliaetus | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 11 June 1978, Morayshire, Scotland. | |
| Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembae | |
| song, recorded by Tom Gullick, 20 Ausgust 2002, edge of Ngezi Forest, NW Pemba, Zanzibar. | |
| Peregrine Falco peregrinus | |
| calls, recorded by John B. Fisher, 16 June 1972, Cairngorms, Scotland. | |
| Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus | |
| calls, recorded by Victor Lewis, 28 June 1967, Chobham, Surrey, England. | |
| Tawny Owl Strix aluco | |
| recorded by Ron Kettle, 18 June 1988 , Cannon Hill Common, London, England. | |
| Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus | |
| song, recorded by Tom Cosburn, 26 May 2003, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada. | |
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