The following calls have been recorded and can be used to help identify Night Parrots.These are a selection of the most commonly heard calls, and are the ones most useful in survey. Other calls are known, but tend to be quieter, and less useful for survey. Calls known to be associated with breeding are not included.

Queensland calls

Calls in this first set are from Queensland, and have been archived at the Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO, Canberra.

Combined file

In this stream all of the above Queensland calls have been combined into a single stream.

Western Australian calls

The set of calls below are from Western Australia, and have kindly been supplied by Bruce Greatwich and Nigel Jackett.

Additional Calls

Calls described by Leseberg et al. (in review). All these calls have been archived at the Australian National Wildlife Collection, Canberra. A reference table is provided at the end of this page for each of the calls.

Filename Call type Date Locality Habitat Notes Reference Collector
hollow_whistle_CC.wav hollow whistle 20180730 Pullen Pullen Reserve Scattered Triodia on stony footslopes of ironstone breakaway Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
hollow_whistle_EM.wav hollow whistle 20170312 East Murchison Triodia on margins of paleodrainage system Jackett et al. 2017 N. Jackett, B. Greatwich, G. Swann, A.Boyle
hollow_whistle_two_GSD.wav hollow whistle 20180526 Great Sandy Desert Edge of ephemeral lagoon on stony plain two note variation of hollow whistle Leseberg et al. 2019 Paruku Rangers
hollow_whistle_three_GSD.wav hollow whistle May 2018 Great Sandy Desert Scattered Triodia on low, stony hills three note variation of hollow whistle Leseberg et al. 2019 Paruku Rangers
one_note_trill_CC.wav one-note trill 20180420 Pullen Pullen Reserve Scattered Triodia on stony footslopes of ironstone breakaway Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
two_note_trill_CC.wav two-note trill 20180420 Pullen Pullen Reserve Scattered Triodia on stony footslopes of ironstone breakaway Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
two_note_trill_GSD.wav two-note trill 20180525 Great Sandy Desert Scatted Triodia on low, stony hills Leseberg et al. 2019 Paruku Rangers
two_note_whistle_hi_CC.wav two-note whistle 20170316 Mount Windsor Station Scattered Triodia on calcareous ridge higher frequency than normal two-note whistle Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
two_note_whistle_lo_CC.wav two-note whistle March 2017 Mount Windsor Station Scattered Triodia on calcareous ridge Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
three_note_whistle_CC.wav three-note whistle April 2018 Pullen Pullen Reserve Scattered Triodia on stony footslopes of ironstone breakaway Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
toot_CC.wav toot 20161214 Mount Windsor Station Scattered Triodia on calcareous ridge Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
short_whistle_EM.wav short whistle 20170622 East Murchison Triodia on margins of paleodrainage system Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Hamilton, B. Greatwich, N. Jackett
hook_EM.wav hook 20170620 East Murchison Triodia on margins of paleodrainage system Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Hamilton, B. Greatwich, N. Jackett
dink_CC.wav dink 20170319 Mount Windsor Station Scattered Triodia on calcareous ridge Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Leseberg
didit_EM.wav didit 20170312 East Murchison Triodia on margins of paleodrainage system Jackett et al. 2017 N. Jackett, B. Greatwich, G. Swann, A.Boyle
didit_multiple_GSD.wav didit 20181023 Great Sandy Desert Edge of small, ephemeral lagoon Leseberg et al. 2019 Paruku Rangers
gruk_EM.wav gruk 20170622 East Murchison Triodia on margins of paleodrainage system Leseberg et al. 2019 N. Hamilton, B. Greatwich, N. Jackett