RARE FAUNA SOUNDS
Bird Calls of Christmas Island
Bird Calls ofChristmas Island is a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean situated 1800 kilometres west of Darwin and
500 kilometres south of Jakarta, Indonesia, Latitude 10.30’S, Longitude 105.40’E. The island is 135 sq
kms of which 63% is National Park. The island is the tip of an undersea volcano of Everest proportions,
which emerged from the ocean over 60 million years ago. Christmas Island has a sheer rocky coastline
and much of it is covered by a dense canopy of tropical rainforest
The CD includes 6 endemic species: Christmas Island Imperial Pigeon, Linchi Swiftlet, Christmas Island
Frigatebird, Abbott’s Booby, Christmas Island Hawk-Owl and Christmas Island White-eye. Other species
of interest are White-tailed Tropicbird, Savanna Nightjar, Red-footed Booby, Variable Goshawk, White-
breasted Waterhen and Asian Koel. This presentation of calls of birds of Christmas Island provides a
comprehensive record of the sounds of many of the species that are known to occur on Christmas
Island. Where possible, a variety of calls of each species are presented. This makes the listener aware of
the repertoire of sounds many of the birds possess.
This album has no music or spoken commentary. The natural calls of the birds of this region can be
appreciated both as a source of pleasant sounds, or as a well documented reference library of many of
Christmas Island bird species. A list of the species, with call description and behaviour notes, can be
found inside the cover. For those people with a particular interest in any of the calls, further information
can be obtained from the author.
Total Length: 34 minutes 49 seconds
List of Contents

1 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
2 Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
3 White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
4 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
5 Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula whartoni (endemic)
6 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
7 Linchi Swiftlet Collacalia linchi (endemic)
8 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
9 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
10 Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi (endemic)
11 Abbott’s Booby Sula abbotti(endemic)
12 Red-footed Booby Sula sula
13 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
14 Eastern Great Egret Ardea modesta
15 Striated Heron Butorides striata
16 White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
17 Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra
18 Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
19 Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster
20 Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
21 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
22 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
23 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
24 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
25 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
26 Common Noddy Anous stolidus
27 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
28 Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis (endemic)
29 Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
30 Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis (endemic)
31 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
32 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
33 Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
34 Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora
35 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
36 EasternYellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutchensis
37 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
38 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
