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Bird Call

The purpose of this page is to encourage more members to start recording bird songs. Bird call is also an important way to identify birds. If you have files（mp3 format）or tapes of bird calls and would like to share with other members，Please contact us. The following are sound files（*.wav）available for download.

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo (sinensis)) (1) (2)

Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)

White-breasted Waterhen(Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans (lineatus))

Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) (1) (2)

Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) (1) (2)

Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis (chinensis))

Large Hawk Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides (sparverioides))

Koel (Eudynamis scolopacea) (1) (2) (3)

Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)

Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)

Great Barbet (Megalaima virens)

Collared Scops Owl (Otus lettia)

Grey Nightjar (Caprimuilgus indicus)

Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria) (1) (2)

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

House Swift (Apus nipalensis)

Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni (yunnanensis)) (1) (2)

Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus (saturatus))

White Wagtail (Moticilla alba)

Grey Wagtail (Moticilla cinerea)

Yellow Wagtail (Moticilla flava) (1) (2)

Orange-bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii (melliana))

Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) (1) (2)

Chestnut Bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus (canipennis)) (1) (2) (3) (4)

Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)

Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) (1) (2) (3)

Common Blackbird (Trudus merula (mandarinus))

Large Grass Warbler (Graminicola bengalensis)

Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) (1) (2) (3)

Bright-capped Cisticola (Cisticola exillis (courtoisi))

Asian Stubtail Warbler (Urosphena squameiceps)

Chinese Bush Warbler (Cettia canturians) (1) (2) (3)

Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus (inornatus)) (1) (2)

Pallas's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki) (1) (2)

Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) (1) (2) (3)

Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothris lutea)

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis)

Masked Laughingthrush (Garrulax perspicillatus) (1) (2)

Hwamei (Garrulax canorus) (1) (2)

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis) (1) (2)

Great Tit (Parus major (commixtus)) (1) (2) (3) (4)

Yellow-cheeked Tit (Parus spilonotus (rex))

Rufous-capped Babbler (Stachyris ruficeps (davidi))

Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) (1) (2)

Buff-bellied Flowerpecker(Dicaeum ignipectus (ignipectus))

Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonica (simplex)) (1) (2)

Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach (schach))

Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) (1) (2) (3)

Common Magpie (Picapica (sericea)) (1) (2)

Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) (1) (2)

Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchus)

Red-billed Starling (Sturnus sericeus)

Black-collared Starling (Sturnus nigricollis) (1) (2)

Crested Myna (Acridciheres cristatellus)

Common Myna (Aridotheres grandis)

Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura striata) (1) (2)

Special thanks to Dr H F Cheung for his effort in bird call recording and production work. If you are interested in learning other bird calls, please come and buy the CD-Rom "Common Birds of Hong Kong" produced by HKBWS.