ML150917151
Contributor
Tim Forrester Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Kinabalu Park--HQ area (please use more specific location if possible)
Sabah, Malaysia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - X
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
Recording by Kristen Oliver.
Observation details
Seen well by my coworker Kristen Oliver and heard singing by several others. See the attached audio recording (the call is quiet and in the background). This bird (presumably the same one) was heard calling last night around park HQ, which we figured was a pitta but were obviously skeptical. This morning, Kristen flushed a male Giant Pitta from a different part of the park and heard it calling. She clearly saw a large pitta on the ground with a blue back. A couple hours later, several of us visited the area and heard it calling at least 20 times but as we approached it, it became quiet and we never heard it again. A subsequent search in the evening was fruitless.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Phone
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 96.81 KB