Can anyone identify this bird call?

Not sure if this will work to attach a sound file, but I recorded this bird call I don’t recognise.

It’s at night, in a suburban area with nearby woodland (not the UK I’m afraid, near Paris).

We know we have tawny owls but this doesn’t sound like them as far as I can work out. 

Unidentified bird.m4a

  • I think it may be the call of a fox rather than a bird, cigaline. I found this recording which is described as a "red fox winter bark"

    What do you think?

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