Banded Bay Cuckoo – calls

“A solitary bird calling in the early morning. Light had still not come over the hills and the bird was perched high on a tree calling out.

“The call recording of the Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii sonneratii) can be heard HERE.. The sonogram and waveform is given below.

“Calls described a “pi-pi-piu-piu” (Erritzøe, Mann, Brammer and Fuller. Cuckoos of the World, 2012).”

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

Location: Outskirts of Ipoh City, Perak, Malaysia
Date: 25th December 2012