Rainforest near Gold Coast, loud single sound similar to shot every 30 sec

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Martinufa
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Rainforest near Gold Coast, loud single sound similar to shot every 30 sec

Hi, please help with identification of a very interesting bird. I heard it in November, in a wild mountain rainforest near Gold Coast. The sound is a very short and distinctive one and repeats in every 30-60 seconds. The sound itself consists of two parts. The first one is quite quiet, lasts less than 1 second, it looks like the bird intakes air inside its body. Straight after that, you can hear the second, main part of the sound - it is a very loud sharp distinctive 'laser shot', like the bird discharge all the air in a moment. I heard the sound several times while I was in the rainforest, so I think it is a quite common bird. It would be very interesting to know its name. Thank you for help.

Woko
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Might this be an Eastern Whip Bird?

Martinufa
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Yes you right, it is eastern whip bird! I checked the sound on the wikipedia

article. Thank you so much.

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