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Identify bird call.

  • 20-06-2017 11:54PM
    #1
    ratsam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 248 ✭✭


    I'm in Italy in the coastal area of Tuscany and every night I'm hearing a call of what I think is a bird (but could be something else). It's wrecking my head trying to figure out what it is. It sounds like a smoke alarm when the batteries run out. A signal chirp every 5-10 seconds and only at night. Sound file attached! Listen closely. Any ideas???


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  • #2
    Hotei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Hotei


    ratsam wrote: »
    I'm in Italy in the coastal area of Tuscany and every night I'm hearing a call of what I think is a bird (but could be something else). It's wrecking my head trying to figure out what it is. It sounds like a smoke alarm when the batteries run out. A signal chirp every 5-10 seconds and only at night. Sound file attached! Listen closely. Any ideas???

    A Nightjar, perhaps?

    http://www.xeno-canto.org/356172


  • #3
    stevensi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 426 ✭✭stevensi


    I suspect it's could be a Scops owl

    http://www.xeno-canto.org/species/Otus-scops


  • #4
    ratsam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 248 ✭✭ratsam


    Yes. It's definitely a scops owl. Brilliant thanks a million. Now to try and see one. There's at least 4 here.


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