Night Sounds of the Australian Bush – Common Brushtail Possum
Another of the more disconcerting sounds of the Australian bush at night, the throaty coughs and growls of a Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) sounds more monster than fluffy marsupial!
The audio in the following video was recorded at Dunn’s Swamp in Wollemi National Park, NSW and captures a couple of possums having a territorial disagreement! In the background you can here the calls of White-throated Nightjar, Southern Boobook and Banjo Frogs.

Other Night Sounds
Other species you might hear at night in the Australian bush:
Mammals
- Devil, Tasmanian
- Flying Foxes
- Glider, Squirrel
- Glider, Sugar
- Glider, Yellow-bellied
- Kangaroo
- Koala
- Possum, Common Brushtail
- Possum, Common Ringtail
- Wombat
Birds
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