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Brown-backed Needletail — Call, duet

By Viralagain June 14, 2026 1 min read

Brown-backed Needletail — Photo: T R Shankar Raman / CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

The Brown-backed Needletail.

Recorded by Andrew Spencer · via xeno-canto · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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