Pacific Koel | Bird Calls and Sounds

The Pacific Koel bird call is a very unique and loud "COO - EE" type of sound, that is very recognisable in the Australian summer time. It could arguably be the noisiest and more persistent calling bird....
The Pacific Koel (also known as the Eastern Koel) migrates north during the Australian winter time, to either the Solomon Islands, East Indonesia, or Papua New Guinea, and returns to Australia for the Australian summer time.
Its bird song/call which is captured in this video is extremely loud, and often persistent for many hours, and the Pacific Koel is often referred to as The Stormbird, due to its birdsong often occuring prior or during rain and stormy weather.
As obvious as the bird call of the Pacific Koel is, it can be difficult to see, as it tends to use foliage and vegetation to provide cover and concealment for itself.
The red eyes, and black body of the Pacific Koel, make for a forboding (almost Halloween-like) figure.
Join me and let`s see this amazing bird and its unique birdsong.
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[@debradelarue9717]

I live this bird call. It can live on my property forever.

[@guitarsmiddy]

So good at 7pm till 7am! All night singing

[@aestheticeditzyt]

This sound instantly brings me back to being a young kid. Waking up early on a summer morning in Sydney Australia. Thank you for making this video so I can hear it in the winter!

[@AndyTychon]

@@aestheticeditzyt you’re most welcome 🙏

[@MrBenHaynes]

Reminds me of trips to Singapore (heard it EVERY day). Now I enjoy listening to it every summer in Bathurst NSW.

[@roosh1986]

Brought back memories of me in Singapore

[@hellethun3995]

oh - a kulning bird ;) so lovely!

[@lydiakapera7405]

We have thus in Papua New Guinea ❤🇵🇬

[@AndyTychon]

Yes they travel between Australia and Papua New Guinea depending on the time of year/season 👍

[@FollowThomas]

This an amazing bird with cool call. Thanks for sharing 👍🙂

[@AndyTychon]

Thanks. Yes it’s super-loud to hear. Easy to know spring is here once you hear this birds call.

[@mookkababe]

I heard one today. Beautiful sound. Hard to see in the tall tree. Your video confirmed the bird for me thanks 😊

[@AndyTychon]

They conceal themselves very well, but the call is very distinctive 😀

[@noratmaldepan6393]

The cuckoo's voice is very sweet.❤👌👌🤗🤗👍👍

[@AndyTychon]

Yes, a very unique sound, and very loud. An amazing bird that travels half way around the world each year.

[@brigittekumar8721]

so incredible 👍

[@AndyTychon]

Thanks very much 😀

[@Ray-gi3qw]

Thank you for your Video I’ve lived in Melbourne all my life and one day I heard that sound and wondering what bird sound is that

[@AndyTychon]

Glad it helped

[@stanleyraymond5891]

We have this here in Singapore and many of us here wish it wouldn't yell its lungs out at 4am in the morning when most of us would otherwise be able to sleep a little longer till 6am or so. While it keeps our crow population in check years ago, many now prefer our authority to cull the crows instead of introducing this annoying bird here.

[@AndyTychon]

Very similar here…..extremely noisy, but heads north at the end of our summer (March) and returns around September (our spring).

[@Smithy67]

Thanks, I've been wondering what bird this is, we are North Shore, Sydney

[@AndyTychon]

They do a seasonal migration over thousands of kilometres, returning here in our spring and departing March/April 😀

[@danielwakra-rp5qr]

Sounds Whitecrown Koel to me in Papua New Guinea

[@grannyof12kids]

To me it's sounds like cooee or "more rain"..

[@xymonau2468]

It's pronounced "keel", not "kole".

[@kylew1335]

This bird is so annoying. You should of tried to kill it

[@AndyTychon]

😂