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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
P. H. Sessions Media from this contributor
Date
Location
MAU NAROK; LENGETIA; SESSION'S FARM
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Weather: WIND; S.C. FLAVIVERTEX. 16 & 18 MAY 1964. THIS IS A COMPILED TAPE FROM LNS 13010, 13011, AND 13012. MR. SESSIONS BELIEVES THIS BIRD TO BE THIS SPECIES BUT HE HAS NOT OBTAINED A SPECIMEN FOR ABSOLUTE CONFIRMATION. FIRST - A BIRD SINGING IN A FIR TREE Sex: 1 UNKNOWN IN A GALE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW SPECIES NOT DETERRED FROM SINGING BY WIND. SECOND - A SHORT EXTRACT CLEAR OF WIND. OF THE 3 CUTS FROM WHICH THIS RECORDING HAS BEEN COMPILED 2 STATE THE BIRD IS A PRESUMED MALE (LNS 13010 AND 13011), SEX IS NOT NOTED IN. Same subject(s) as LNS 13010. ML: Subject changed from Serinus canicollis to S. flavivertex to reflect current taxonomy. Jay McGowan, 4Mar2020.
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 12 Aug 2011 - David McCartt