A few sounds from "Birds of Tropical Asia"

The following sounds are short cuts taken from longer recordings on Jelle Scharringa's CD-ROM Birds of Tropical Asia 2. All recordings by Jelle Scharringa (©), unless stated otherwise. More information about the sound file formats is provided at the bottom of this page.

• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides, song. Recorded at 2580 m on Tiger Hill, near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. At 11:45h on 15 May 1989.
  .mp3 file (74 KB), mp3 encoded .wav file (74 KB), or simple .wav file (204 KB).
  
• Bay Owl Phodilus badius, song. Recorded by F.G. Rozendaal (©) at Gomantong Caves (50m), Sabah, Borneo. At 02:00h on 12 December 1982.
  .mp3 file (83 KB), mp3 encoded .wav file (83 KB), or simple .wav file (230 KB).
  
• Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum, song. Recorded at Poring Hotsprings (600m), Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo. At 06:45h on 24 November 1982.
  .mp3 file (87 KB), mp3 encoded .wav file (86 KB), or simple .wav file (239 KB).
  
• Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus, song. Recorded on Palas Tea Estate (1650m), Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. At 09:50h on 28 July 1984.
  .mp3 file (76 KB), mp3 encoded .wav file (75 KB), or simple .wav file (209 KB).
  
• Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer, song. Recorded at 2400 m on Tiger Hill, near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. At 09:15h on 15 May 1989.
  .mp3 file (70 KB), mp3 encoded .wav file (69 KB), or simple .wav file (192 KB).
  

Sound file formats. Each sound is provided in three different file formats:
1. An MP3 file. Should be playable on any platform, provided the necessary software is installed.
2. A Windows .wav file with the MPEG layer 3 compression technique. You should be able to play this file if you have the latest version of Windows 98, or have the Windows New Media Player or Internet Explorer 5 installed. If you can't play the file, you may install Fraunhofer's decompressor (228 KB).
3. A Windows .wav file with a simple compression technique (Microsoft ADPCM). Playable on all Windows versions, provided the Audio Compression Codecs are installed (if not, open the Control Panel, start Add/Remove Programs.., go to Windows Setup.., go to Multimedia).

To information about the CD-ROM.

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