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Darwin’s Nothura Sounds: Song & Flight call

Hear what the Darwin’s Nothura sounds like: real field recordings including its song and flight call, each played with its recordist's credit and licence.

Darwin’s Nothura
Photo: Joseph Smit / Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)

This page documents the voice of the Darwin’s Nothura (Nothura darwinii) through real field recordings, grouped by the kind of sound each one captures. Every clip is a real recording made in the wild, played with its recordist's credit and licence — listen section by section to tell this bird's different sounds apart.

Pair what you hear with the full Darwin’s Nothura profile — plumage, size, range and where to see one.

The Darwin’s Nothura has 3 field recordings on Birbs covering 2 kinds of sound: its song and flight call.

Song 2 recordings

The song is a bird's most elaborate vocalisation, used mainly to claim a territory and attract a mate. In many species it is sung mostly by males and peaks in the breeding season.

Darwin’s Nothura — Song

Recorded by Jacob Wijpkema Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Darwin’s Nothura — Song

Recorded by Peter Boesman Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Flight call 1 recording

Flight calls are the notes a bird gives on the wing, helping flocks stay together — and a key way researchers monitor nocturnal migration.

Darwin’s Nothura — Flight call, wingbeats

Recorded by Dan Lane Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

About these recordings

The audio comes from the xeno-canto community archive, where field recordists share their recordings under Creative Commons licences. Each player shows who recorded the clip and the licence it is shared under, and links through to the recording's own page. Recording quality and background noise vary — these are wild birds recorded in the field, not studio audio.

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Sources & further reading

  1. xeno-canto (Creative-Commons bird sound archive — every recording credits its recordist) (opens in a new tab)
  2. IOC World Bird List (taxonomy & names) (opens in a new tab)