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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
5:15 PM
Location
LENGETIA; MAU NAROK; SESSIONS' FARM
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: BIRD, POSSIBLY FEMALE, HAD A NEST WITH YOUNG IN TUFT-CLUMP OF GRASS IN THE VALLEY. NEST WAS OF THE BALL TYPE, CONSTRUCTED OF DRIED GRASS WITH A DRIED GRASS DOME. BIRD WAS FEEDING THE YOUNG AND TAKING AWAY FECES CAPSULES. MYLES STATED THAT THE BIRDS WERE VERY LIKE C. ROBUSTA (NUCHALIS) BUT IN FLIGHT MUCH SLIMMER WITH LONG BILL AND TAIL. MYLES DOES NOT MENTION THE DARK TAIL IN HIS FIELD RECORDING NOTEBOOK. HALL AND MOREAU MAKE REFERENCE TO A CHARACTERISTIC DARK TAIL IN ROBUSTA. ON THE TAPE MYLES CLASSIFIES THIS BIRD AS C. TINNIENS;HOWEVER HE CORRECTS THISIN BOTH HIS FIELD AND RECORDING NOTEBOOKS TOC. ROBUSTA ABERDARE. JUVENILE(S); 1 ADULT(S); 1 FEMALE(S)?; Sex: UNKNOWN. Other Behaviors: Scold. Habitat: Forest, Grassland, Edge.
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 25 Oct 2001 - Lauren A. Serafin