Taxonomy, can you name the bird from its song?

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The discussion centers around identifying a bird song heard in documentaries about the Amazon rainforest. Initially, the poster speculates that the bird might be a warbling finch, noted for its musical qualities. However, after further investigation, they discover the bird is actually a Screaming Piha, which is confirmed by another user. The conversation also touches on unrelated topics, such as the presence of rebels in certain countries and the reasons behind kidnappings, but these points are secondary to the main focus on identifying the bird. The poster expresses gratitude for the identification and shares their native language as French, leading to a brief exchange about language preferences.
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In many documentals on the Amazonian rainforest I can hear a bird' song but I don't think they ever showed it nor named it.
In the following video you can skip up to minute 1:54 to listen to the bird. Apparently it is on the video, but I can't see it well at all.
Do you have an idea about what bird is it?
 
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I'm guessing that it's the warbling finch ... perhaps the most musical of all animals except for the pygmy hippo and certain trained hummingbirds. Nice wind flute stuff in the video. Of course there is the ever present possibility of kidnapping by rebels. Why do all of those countries have rebels? What, exactly, are they rebelling against? And why do they kidnap people? Oh, ok, for the money.
 
ThomasT said:
I'm guessing that it's the warbling finch ... perhaps the most musical of all animals except for the pygmy hippo and certain trained hummingbirds. Nice wind flute stuff in the video. Of course there is the ever present possibility of kidnapping by rebels. Why do all of those countries have rebels? What, exactly, are they rebelling against? And why do they kidnap people? Oh, ok, for the money.

After trying to watch some videos about the warbling finch, I do not think this is it.
I've searched more and found out the bird. It is named around second 43 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkrPZrOsHs&feature=related. My English is too weak to understand what the name is.
Can someone write this name?

Edit: I hear "this is a clay srival, a screaming pee ar". Must be quite far from the real name.
 
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fluidistic said:
After trying to watch some videos about the warbling finch, I do not think this is it.
I've searched more and found out the bird. It is named around second 43 in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tkrPZrOsHs&feature=related. My English is too weak to understand what the name is.
Can someone write this name?
Screaming Piha. I think.
 
ThomasT said:
Screaming Piha. I think.

That is it, without any doubt! Thanks a million :)
 
fluidistic said:
That is it, without any doubt! Thanks a million :)
No problem. By the way, what is your native language?
 
French.
 
fluidistic said:
French.
Cool. I love French. I read it better than German. But for some reason spoken German is easier for me to follow.

EDIT: Are you the French Canadian person? If so, please excuse me. I'm getting old, and I forget stuff.
 
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