Birds · A regular.

Pacific Koel

Eudynamys orientalis

First heard here 19 Sept · last heard today at 10:02am · 36 days in the last year · 933 detections on record

Hear it

A clear recording song, recorded in Australia

Étienne Leroy, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.

Heard here by the park sensor, 100% match

Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.

What to look for

The Pacific koel, also known as the eastern koel or formerly common koel, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. In northern Australia, it is colloquially known as the rainbird or stormbird.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 19 of them.

Busiest day so far: Friday 2 October, 138 detections between 12:32am and 10:58am.

Time of day

When it calls, last 30 days. Darker is busier.

Busiest around 4am. From 30 days with hourly counts.

Day	Heard	First	Last	Peak confidence
6 Nov	4	6:17am	10:02am	98%
5 Nov	13	2:27am	5:30pm	100%
4 Nov	5	5:28am	3:52pm	98%
3 Nov	4	5:57pm	5:58pm	96%
31 Oct	8	3:37am	7:41am	99%
30 Oct	2	9:59am	4:34pm	94%
27 Oct	1	6:13am	6:13am	78%
26 Oct	4	3:56am	2:47pm	92%
25 Oct	10	6:34am	7:31pm	96%
23 Oct	3	5:37am	1:21pm	82%
22 Oct	4	5:44am	4:23pm	97%
20 Oct	21	4:49am	6:49pm	99%
19 Oct	8	5:35am	4:15pm	98%
17 Oct	36	6:58am	7:26pm	99%
16 Oct	5	5:41am	9:45am	91%
15 Oct	11	1:39pm	5:31pm	100%
13 Oct	4	5:30am	6:43pm	90%
10 Oct	6	1:25pm	4:21pm	97%
9 Oct	14	9:44am	6:23pm	100%
6 Oct	11	8:25am	2:56pm	96%
5 Oct	23	5:49am	5:36pm	99%
4 Oct	8	7:25am	10:00am	98%
3 Oct	31	9:04am	5:44pm	99%
2 Oct	138	12:32am	10:58am	100%
1 Oct	85	1:32am	5:01pm	100%
30 Sept	78	12:58am	10:51pm	99%
29 Sept	27	7:28am	10:40pm	99%
28 Sept	23	5:17am	3:45pm	99%
27 Sept	6	5:25am	6:02pm	96%
26 Sept	110	12:52am	6:16pm	100%
25 Sept	81	1:17am	10:11pm	99%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.