Sound Gallery

Samples of some interesting sounds in my recordings. Files are mostly .mp3 format, about 1 MB or less, unless indicated. I would be very grateful if anyone who can recognize and identify calls of specific animals in these recordings could contact me by email (kbseah at fas dot harvard dot edu).

Bat chirps (overlogged forest along trail, 9 June 2008, 6:50 am) 

This bat was flying around the hut that I was in. It later turned out that its roosting site was underneath the hut floor!

Format: .mp3 (higher frequencies truncated) or .wav (large file, about 16 MB)

Loud cicada buzz (primary forest, 2 June 2008, afternoon)

A cicada suddenly alighted just beside my microphone, which was lashed to a tree, and started buzzing. With my headphones on it was very loud!

Format: .mp3

Cicada chorus (primary forest, 2 June 2008, 2:40 pm)

Midday chorus of cicadas that drowned out pretty much everything else. Some birds can be heard valiantly calling in the background

Format: .mp3

Gibbon calls (oil palm estate, 16 June 2008, 9:15 am)

Gibbon females make loud whooping 'great calls' that can be heard up to 1 km away, in response to interactions with males. The gibbon troops in Pasoh tend to stay near the forest edge, so they can be easily heard from the oil palm plantations surrounding the forest.

Format: .mp3 (example 1), .mp3 (example 2)

Langur in the treetops (primary forest, 17 July 2008, 7:25 am)

I heard two animals crashing about in the treetops, and when I looked up, I saw two langurs that soon started vocalizing too, directly above me.

Format: .mp3

Midnight (secondary forest, 19 June 2008, midnight)

Short sample of what the forest sounds like in the dead of night. Notice the lack of bird calls and generally softer volume.

Format: .mp3

Morning (primary forest, 12 June 2008, 8:10 am)

In contrast, this is what the early morning is like, about two hours after sunrise. 

Format: .mp3

Orthopteran droning (near Simpang Pertang village, among grass, 1 June 2008, evening)

This was near the FRIM quarters just outside the village. A motorcycle can be heard at the start of the recording. This orthop was in the grass, droning as loud as you would expect a cicada to!

Format: .mp3

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