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Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul)- This was a pair foraging at Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica).
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Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Here is the song of the Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul), which we heard a lot around Manuel Antonio (Costa Rica) - sung over and over for several minutes at a time.
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Cygnet River, South Australia, Australia
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Hodgson Vale, Queensland, Australia
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This Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) is pecking around a large Willow tree at Peck's Lake [Arizona]. I later saw him in a bush of Winterfat, low to the ground, and flushed him unexpectedly like a quail.
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Kandy, Central, Sri Lanka
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If you're a male Ladderback and you want to impress your intended in the Spring, you'll want to show her just how fast you can hammer. This males displays for a female sitting just above him in a willow tree at Tavasci Marsh [Arizona], 3/20/98.
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Eastmere, Queensland, Australia
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Addo, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Weligatta, Southern, Sri Lanka
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In the Spring both the male and female Ladder-backs use this squeaky introduction to their normal whinny. Sometimes the female uses just the squeaks as a kind of "purr" without the whinny call following.
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Queensland, Australia
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Hodgson Vale, Queensland, Australia
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Hairy Woodpeckers (Picoides villosus) PEEK a lot like the Ladderbacks, just a bit more insistently. This one was atop Mingus Mountain, 2/22/99.
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Tathra, New South Wales, Australia
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Uva, Sri Lanka
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A Blue and White Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) flies over a small slough near Grano de Oro, in the Talamanca range (Costa Rica), 6/24/99.