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Parque Nacional Soberania
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Chapada dos Guimaraes
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Black Phoebes (Sayornis nigricans) patrol the edges of Tavasci Marsh [Arizona], sitting still over a stretch of water or grass, waiting for a tasty insect and "peeping".
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El Valle de Anton
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Guayaquil - Cerro Blanco
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Corcovado National Park - La Sirena
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The Spring vocalizations of the Say's Phoebe, while still not exactly virtuoso, are rather more variable and complex than their song the rest of the year (see other sound clip).
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El Valle de Anton
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Parque Nacional Soberania
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Lancetilla Botanical Gardens
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Say's Phoebes like to sit on the phone lines and dead trees around meadows and marshes. Their song (in other than the Spring, see below) is as plaintive as plaintive gets. A simple wheer, repeated over and over. This one was between Peck's Lake [Arizona] and Tavasci Marsh [Arizona] on a phone wire
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Zapoten
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Chavarillo
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Parque Nacional del Manu
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This is a Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons) at Catarata La Paz in the montane cloud forest (Costa Rica), 11/16/98. These guys are often heard, but seldom seen, and the song sometimes continues uninterrupted for 2 minutes!
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Cana Station
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Crooked Tree
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This Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris), "a rufous bird with a more rufous tail - flicks his tail as he calls - Rufous mourner-sized" was recorded 6/16/99, on the Sky Walk, near Santa Elena (Costa Rica). Those are Three-striped Warblers in the background.
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Pantanal
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Cana Station
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Here is another example of the Great Antshrikes (Taraba major) call, recorded a week earlier at La Selva (Costa Rica). Antshrikes are difficult to tell apart by voice - best to rely on a visual ID of these guys!.
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Mombacho
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Buenaventura
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A pair of Great Antshrikes (Taraba major) call to each other at the El Pizote, near Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (Costa Rica), 6/21/99. Listen for the characteristic (but not always present) raspy finish to the "song".
