kHz
Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
E. Judy Blencowe Media from this contributor
Date
Location
KITUI DISTRICT
Eastern, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback used
Media notes
NOTES: A PARTY OF HINDE'S PIED BABBLERSWAS LOCATED IN A VALLEY 3-4MI NE OF KITUI ALONG TOWARDS THE KABONDE PLANTATION ON MUSEMBE ROAD. THIS WAS THE ONLY PARTY SEEN IN THIS AREA. JUDY BLENCOWE CALLED THE PARTY UP WITHHER RECORDER AND BOTH SHE AND MYLES WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN GOOD RECORDINGS OF THE CACKLES, CHATTERING, AND THE 'TRUMPET'. THE SPANGLED PLUMAGEWAS SEEN WELL. BIRDS WERE RATHER SHY HOPPING ABOUT IN 10FT. HIGH ELEPHANT GRASS, BUT SHOWED THEMSELVES QUITE A BIT ON THE EVENING OF 01AUG64, BUT A SINGLE BIRD ON 02AUG64 WAS VERY SHY AND HARDLY SHOWED UP AT ALL, BUT ANSWERED TO PLAYBACK. THE NORTHERN PIED AT MAKUYU DID NOT REACT TO PLAYBACK. INFO TAKEN FROM PP.54-55 OF MYLES' NOTEBOOK. Sound stimulation was (other): PLAYBACK.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 17 Oct 2001 - Lauren A. Serafin