Birds · New here: first heard 19 Sept.

Stylised portrait of a Pacific Koel

Pacific Koel

Eudynamys orientalis

First heard here 19 Sept · last heard 19 Sept · 1 day in the last year · 1 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, 81% 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.

Read more on Wikipedia (Pacific koel)

Photograph of a Pacific Koel
Photo: Aviceda, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The small portrait at the top is AI-generated and less reliable.

When it has been heard

Detections per day, last 30 days. Heard on 1 of them.
0122 Aug: 0 detections23 Aug: 0 detections24 Aug: 0 detections25 Aug: 0 detections26 Aug: 0 detections27 Aug: 0 detections28 Aug: 0 detections29 Aug: 0 detections30 Aug: 0 detections31 Aug: 0 detections1 Sept: 0 detections2 Sept: 0 detections3 Sept: 0 detections4 Sept: 0 detections5 Sept: 0 detections6 Sept: 0 detections7 Sept: 0 detections8 Sept: 0 detections9 Sept: 0 detections10 Sept: 0 detections11 Sept: 0 detections12 Sept: 0 detections13 Sept: 0 detections14 Sept: 0 detections15 Sept: 0 detections16 Sept: 0 detections17 Sept: 0 detections18 Sept: 0 detections19 Sept: 1 detection20 Sept: 0 detections24 Aug31 Aug7 Sept14 Sept20 Sept

Busiest day so far: Saturday 19 September, 1 detections between 5:34am and 5:34am.

DayDetectionsFirstLastPeak confidence
19 Sept15:34am5:34am81%

Detections are automatic and can be wrong.