Noisy Friarbird
Calls & Sounds
Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus)
The Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) is a large, bald-headed species of honeyeater aptly named for its loud calls and chattering. It is common throughout much of eastern Australia.
What does a Noisy Friarbird sound like? Noisy Friarbirds make a variety of loud squawks, chattering calls and yodelling comical songs. Typical calls include a strident ‘yah-kop!’ and ‘four o’clock’. Song phrases consist of rollicking, garrulous phrases which are often discordant with a touch of melody, and sometimes end with wild cackling chatter. These songs are sometimes given as a duet.
When large flocks of Noisy Friarbirds gather at flowering trees they create a cacophony of sound!
Listen to some examples of Noisy Friarbird sounds below.
Listen to Noisy Friarbird Sounds
The audio in the video below features a variety of song and call examples of the Noisy Friarbird. Recorded in the Pilliga forest, New South Wales, Australia.
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Australian Bird Sounds
Other bird calls from the Australian bush:
- Bellbird, Crested
- Black Cockatoo, Red-tailed
- Black Cockatoo, Yellow-tailed
- Boobook, Australian
- Bowerbird, Golden
- Bowerbird, Satin
- Bowerbird, Spotted
- Budgerigar
- Butcherbird, Grey
- Butcherbird, Pied
- Catbird, Spotted
- Cassowary, Southern
- Chowchilla
- Cockatiel
- Cockatoo, Palm
- Coucal, Pheasant
- Crane, Sarus
- Cuckoo, Channel-billed
- Cuckoo, Fan-tailed
- Currawong, Black
- Currawong, Pied
- Drongo, Spangled
- Emu
- Fairywren, Superb
- Figbird, Australasian
- Friarbird, Noisy
- Frogmouth, Marbled
- Frogmouth, Papuan
- Frogmouth, Tawny
- Fruit Dove, Wompoo
- Honeyeater, Brown
- Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked
- Kingfisher, Sacred
- Kite, Whistling
- Koel, Pacific
- Kookaburra, Blue-winged
- Kookaburra, Laughing
- Lyrebird, Superb
- Magpie, Australian
- Miner, Bell
- Miner, Noisy
- Nightjar, Large-tailed
- Nightjar, Spotted
- Oriole, Green
- Oriole, Olive-backed
- Owl, Australian Masked
- Owl, Eastern Barn
- Owl, Powerful
- Owl, Barking
- Owl, Lesser Sooty
- Owl, Greater Sooty
- Owlet-nightjar, Australian
- Pardalote, Spotted
- Parrot, Eclectus
- Pitta, Noisy
- Rosella, Crimson
- Scrubfowl, Orange-footed
- Shrikethrush, Grey
- Songlark, Brown
- Songlark, Rufous
- Wagtail, Willie
- Whipbird, Eastern
- Whistler, Australian Golden
- Whistler, Rufous