Bird Driving Me Mad

[KarenBravo]

There is a small bird a bit bigger than a sunbird that sits on the same branch every day.

It lets out a single note repeated approximately twice a second and it keeps this up for hours on end, every day. It is driving me round the bend. My field guide is packed away, so, I can't use it.

Anyone know what this bird is?

[jc14all]

Not enough info, but sabaai, sabaai tune it out like the sound of a electic fan.

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

is it dark color? I had one that drove me mad in Soi 18 at my old apt

[CNF55]

Yep - know him or at least his kind. They go on for Hours - night and day - and other than a loud TV there is nothing to tune it out. Once you picked up that call you can't go back to sleep.

I believe it's their mating call and it will only stop once they found a mate. They are black and white - a bit like a smaller magpie.

[KarenBravo]

Does the sound get progressively louder for about 20 seconds then pause for a bit before starting again?

No, that's probably the Asian Koel.

[KarenBravo]

is it dark color? I had one that drove me mad in Soi 18 at my old apt

No, it has a very light breast of possibley cream, or, light yellow. The head is darker and there looks to be a faint stripe over and under the eye. A very small bird, smaller than a sparrow.

[dmax]

try living in isaan and have a hundred bloody roosters giving u a wake up call at 2-3-4-5am in morning !! go buy a duck caddy

[KarenBravo]

Yep - know him or at least his kind. They go on for Hours - night and day - and other than a loud TV there is nothing to tune it out. Once you picked up that call you can't go back to sleep.

I believe it's their mating call and it will only stop once they found a mate. They are black and white - a bit like a smaller magpie.

Sounds like an Oriental Magpie Robin. Very sweet song, but, doesn't sing at night.

This little monster stops at sundown.

[CNF55]

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This little monster stops at sundown

Then it must be something else - because this guy really gets going at 1 a.m.

[toptuan]

try living in isaan and have a hundred bloody roosters giving u a wake up call at 2-3-4-5am in morning !! go buy a duck caddy

After reading all the TV threads over the years about loud neighbors (music, parties, fighting couples, construction projects, karaoke bars, discos, etc.) I have trouble drumming up any sympathy at all for you guys. I'll take the sounds of nature any day over that other crap.

[crusty]

Consider yourself fortunate. Disney Orlando has bird twitterings from hidden speakers in trees nevermind the electro/mechanical phony birds !

[Wellington]

is it dark color? I had one that drove me mad in Soi 18 at my old apt

No, it has a very light breast of possibley cream, or, light yellow. The head is darker and there looks to be a faint stripe over and under the eye. A very small bird, smaller than a sparrow.

Could be a Flower Pecker, often called the "Tweet Tweet Bird"

It does not sing at night

[Wellington]

Sounds like an Oriental Magpie Robin. Very sweet song, but, doesn't sing at night.

This little monster stops at sundown.

Cannot be The Magpie Robin, as that is the size of a Thrush, and has arguably the sweetest song of all Thai Birds,with the yellow vented Bul Bul a close second.

The male and female Magpie Robin have slightly differing breast colour, and their song varies daily, watch the wings move in time with a trill; a lovely bird.

We have a pair on a nest we watch .

[jc14all]

Find your bird in this gallery of 462 birds of Thailand. They are cataloged behind each image so just click until you find the one you want to kill. Birds of Thailand

[KarenBravo]

Could be a Flower Pecker, often called the "Tweet Tweet Bird"

It does not sing at night

Unfortunately not. Flower Peckers are smaller and are always on the move as they are nectar feeders.

This monster stays on the same perch all day.

[surangw]

Record the little beasty and play it back, see how he likes

[petercallen]

Just buy a adjustable trigger gun for your garden hose and adjust it to a jet of water,

let the water pressure build up in the hose and give it a quick spray a few times and it will go away and drive

someone else crazy.

[Ping]

Perhaps you could take a photo and ask at the Phuket Zoo (if you are all that keen), or even try emailing them a photo and asking (or get someone to do so for you in Thai) :

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

So it is, just googled it. dam_n I hate those birds...

Just found a webiste dedicated to Asian bird calls - lol, some people have way to much time on their hands!

can you post website please

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

is this the one? Asian koel find recording as follows

http://www.soundsnap.com/node/3517

This is the one that used to drive me mad at my old house

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

is it dark color? I had one that drove me mad in Soi 18 at my old apt

No, it has a very light breast of possibley cream, or, light yellow. The head is darker and there looks to be a faint stripe over and under the eye. A very small bird, smaller than a sparrow.

How about this one?

[KarenBravo]

How about this one?

Yes! I really think that is the one. What is it? Would like to look at the front.

Edited May 7, 2010 by KarenBravo

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

Yes! I really think that is the one. What is it? Would like to look at the front.

check out this website

http://www.pbase.com/carljohansvensson/image/72297493

[KarenBravo]

Well, if my bird is a Grey Bushchat, it's a female (typical).

References say that it has a melodyeous song, but, this bird is just a single note over and over and over again.

Wish I had my field guide with me.

[Goshawk]

I would say from your descriptions that it's mostly likely a Common Tailorbird..

Their call is a constant repeatative 'chup... chup...chup...chup...'

a very common small bird in Thailand, quite often around gardens/human habitation etc..

listen to a sniipet of one

.

[KarenBravo]

No, it isn't a Tailor bird. No red cap and the repeated note is not the same.

Thanks anyway.

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

Yes! I really think that is the one. What is it? Would like to look at the front.

check out this website

http://www.pbase.com/carljohansvensson/image/72297493

just google images Grey Bushchat (female) and you will see many photos and links

here's another some other front view

and are some of their calls recorded, male and female

http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/...atVNEdwards.mp3

http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/...%20Bushchat.mp3

http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/...0Bushchat_2.mp3

Check out this website of bird calls if you still haven't found it

http://www.xeno-canto.org/asia/find.php?le...s=31&quer=1

let me know how you get on, as you can probably tell I'm bent on cracking this. Usually spend my spare time at Lumpini park but that's not really much fun at the moment.

Edited May 8, 2010 by VictorMeldrewBKK

[LivinginKata]

All the off topic posts have been removed.

[VictorMeldrewBKK]

I would say from your descriptions that it's mostly likely a Common Tailorbird..

Their call is a constant repeatative 'chup... chup...chup...chup...'

a very common small bird in Thailand, quite often around gardens/human habitation etc..

listen to a sniipet of one

.

heres a recording of the Common Tailorbird

http://www.xeno-canto.org/sounds/uploaded/...%20Boey%202.mp3

taken from this website

http://www.xeno-canto.org/asia/find.php?le...s=31&quer=1

[KarenBravo]

Thanks, just listened to the recording. Definitely not a Common Tailorbird.