Warning call/ flight call - Bangkok 5 September 2024 (1 Viewer)

[Aladdin]

Dear Members and Bird Watchers.

I hear a bird and it seems to be very close. I continue along the dirt road. I hear the bird very close but I cannot see the bird. The sound is moving around and I realize that the bird is flying.


Take me a while to discover the small bird in the air. The bird is yellowish, but very hard to estimate as it is against the sun. Moving very quickly. So my guess is that it is a warning call, and it seems like it is me the bird is warning for.

Anyone that can assist in ID the bird from the call

Kind Regards and Happy Birding!
Aladdin

 

[foresttwitcher]

Perhaps Zitting Cisticola - check out the calls on xeno canto.

 

[johnallcock]

I agree it sounds good for Zitting Cisticola. Possibly the song rather than an alarm call - they often sing in flight while circling high above the ground. It's a bit faster than the song I am used to hearing here in Hong Kong but it seems some Thai birds sing faster.
Compare this recording: XC858550 Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

 

[Aladdin]

Perhaps Zitting Cisticola - check out the calls on xeno canto.

Thank you very much foresttwitcher.

Your help is very appreciated!

Kind Regards and Happy Birding
Aladdin

 

[Aladdin]

I agree it sounds good for Zitting Cisticola. Possibly the song rather than an alarm call - they often sing in flight while circling high above the ground. It's a bit faster than the song I am used to hearing here in Hong Kong but it seems some Thai birds sing faster.
Compare this recording: XC858550 Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

Thank you johnallcock

I think you are right. If it was a warning call, why would the bird follow me, should be quiet as soon as I moved away.

Your help is very appreciated!

Kind Regards and Happy Birding
Aladdin