Amazing Singing Performance by Four Pied Butcherbirds, Western Australia 

Much love to Australia from the USA!

They always warm my heart!

Ditto, i whistle with them, everyday.

Lucky you :) All I hear is cars and street noise.

Me too. Thats my alarn

These guys also eat other baby birds and they impale their prey with thorns

@@Osakerman oh..

Oh my god nostalgia

Mine is the lyrebird. I can hear him singing in the wild area behind my house.

Same here. Been looking as to what made this sound for ages.

Yes that call is nostalgic

Beautiful. 😚

What about whippoorwills?

Yes I have heard the same thing. I have a gaggle of them who get fed by me and they mimic calls from other birds. There is even one that lands on my hand and follows me around when Im on the ride on mower, collecting the insects and worms.

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I witnessed eurasian jays imitate hawks and cats (allegedly to scare off other birds from food sources). But nothing beats the lyrebird in copying sounds.

I watched a video of a butcher bird clearly copying a magpies song somewhat

@@dantemadden671 The Eurasian jay tends to imitate birds of prey and cats to keep competition away.

they may not want to live there ... many bird varieties in "australia" are unhappy to be here ... but the butcher bird was here first ...

Smarter than we are, I guess!

They have a sense for balanced spatial disposition, like true members of a natural quartet... they are not sitting in a row on the same branch, they are perfectly arranged for best sound harmony

Kit Laughlin No, it’s natural and instinctive. Silly comment by you.

They love killing people's pet birds to eat I hear so keep that in mind if you get anything.

You should see what Butcherbirds do to their prey

@@shockal7269 you should see what humans do to any living thing

Not that it excuses cutting down trees, but butcher birds have adapted very well to urban environments, and are common in the suburbs. I live in the inner suburbs of Brisbane (5 minutes from the CBD) and we have a large number of grey and pied butcher birds. They'll often come and sit within feet of me while I'm gardening. Took me a while to figure out who was singing in the middle of the night though, but it turns out these guys are my insomnia buddies. They start about 2am and go right until dawn. I wonder when they sleep!

Yes, but it comes from their very aggressive killing style. Still a gorgeous bird song.

Victor Berquez I am from Australia and I hear my butcher birds sing also my magpies. How on earth haven’t you heard them if you are an Aussie ?

@@lynw1623 Not all birds are found across all regions of the country. Here in Sydney we have grey butcherbirds, but not black or pied butcherbirds. Two hours north though and there and you’ll find pied butcherbirds. It’s not the OP’s fault they don’t get this variety of bird where they live.