Southern Boubou vocalisations

[@kidowmer]

What a fascinating repertoire of vocalisations!👍 Thanks for compiling & sharing!

[@russel2352]

This bird has now joined our area in Centurion. I have never had it here since I started living here for over 20 years. know this bird well from my backpacking days.

[@lynetterudman]

They are really cool birds.

[@nicolagraham4101]

Thank you! I never realised that it is the Boubou who is responsible for so many of the different bird calls that I hear in Makhanda

[@lynetterudman]

Boubous have a wide repertoire of sounds that they make.

[@paulusdavis3456]

Just wonderful and complete tx

[@lesliebrink2045]

After a lifetime of associating this penetrating, evocative call with holidays along the Eastern Cape coast and then also hearing it occasionally in Kyalami I finally actually saw the bird briefly as it called today. Your recording has confirmed the source is the Southern Boubou. Mystery solved. Thank you for sharing this wonderful record Lynette.🙏🏼

[@lynetterudman]

Thanks, glad this video helped you confirm the ID of this bird.

[@paulakoncki4029]

Thank you very much for all your great videos!! I did not know that the Boubou had such a big repertoire!! I could never figure it out which birds made the sounds!

[@lynetterudman]

Thanks Paula, it is a pleasure. Yes, these boubous make some strange sounds sometimes.

[@GoAndStay]

20h00 in Durbanville listening to this and I am missing Dwesa!

[@lynetterudman]

Dwesa is an awesome place.

[@betsiemarais6918]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@lynetterudman]

It really is!

[@valerienorman4123]

Great video - thank you !

[@lynetterudman]

Glad you liked it!

[@betsiemarais6918]

Baie dankie vir die duidelike uiteensetting. Ek het al so 3 op my eie kon herken, maar nie besef hy maak so baie ander klanke ook nie! Die een geluid wat hy maak klink amper soos 'n Hoep-hoep. Waardeer... 🌿

[@marianvanderwesthuizen691]

Thanks so much for this!!! He had me so puzzled, as I was not aware of his full repertoire! I've been through my birdsounds DVD at least four times and couldn't identify certain calls.

[@lynetterudman]

You're very welcome!

[@megan14.85]

I always associated the single long whistle with a warning of rain and never knew what bird it was so called it the rain bird. Interesting how some of the double and triple calls sound similar to a hoopoe

[@TheodoreAndor]

Pragtig dankie

[@lesleyjeffrey6341]

Do you know if the Boubou mimics Klaas's Cuckoo at all?

[@lynetterudman]

Hi Lesley, I have never heard that they are mimics.

[@CMONCMON007]

They look very similar to the Fiscal Shrike???

[@lynetterudman]

Yes, quite similar but these boubous are a lot bigger.

[@CMONCMON007]

@@lynetterudman ah ok thanks for getting back to me I always see a bird like this but its got a bit of a long tail that it moves slightly like a Wagtail...has a shortish beak. I presumed it was a Shrike...most of the time near our fencing. From south coast KZN.

[@fraserct533]

Thanks Lynette - may I pick your brain on bird calls - see below. - re. the 'single note conat call' at 1:43 This single long whistle call has also mystified me for years - I've heard it all over Southern Africa & called it the 'squeeky door bird' - but I never have seen one. I heard it again in my garden in Cape Town & tracked it down to the Southern Boubou? - I THINK, I have yet to see it clearly - I only saw it as a blurr for about 1s as it darted out of a bush - is there any other bird it could be? - we see Fiscal Shrikes quite regularly - I see - from SASOL Birds - there are several types of Boubou in SA. - do the others make this sound too?

[@lynetterudman]

Hi there, that squeaky door call that you refer to is a contact call. Not sure if it is the male or female making that call but normally the mate answers quickly when it hears that call and then they duet.

[@fraserct533]

@@lynetterudman thank you - a couple more questions? - in Cape Town this call is only made by the Southern Boubou - no other bird? - also, I've heard this call elsewhere in Southern Africa. Will that be a Southern Boubou as well? Or do other types of boubou / birds make this sound too? - I see - from SASOL Birds - there are several types of Boubou in SA. ThankYou.

[@lynetterudman]

@@fraserct533 The Tropical and Swamp Boubous make similar calls but have a slightly different tone to the Southern Boubou. They Southern Boubou is found over most of South Africa.

[@fraserct533]

@@lynetterudman Thank you

[@ritupabankotoky]

Amazing

[@lynetterudman]

Thanks

[@lorriemamoet9406]

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