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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
11:00 AM
Location
PN Walter Thilo Deininger
La Libertad, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: Range status: NORMAL; Breeding status: UNKNOWN; Frequency of sound: LOW; General climate: CYCLIC WET-DRY; Cover density: MEDIUM; TAIL JERKED UPWARD WITH EACH NOTE. BIRD CAME SEVERAL TIMES EACH DAY TO FEED ON FRIUTS OF CAPULIN TREE. SHE SEEMED NERVOUS SITTING ON A LIMB CLUCKING AND JERKING HER TAIL FOR SOME MINUTES BEFORE SEIZING A FRUIT AND DEPARTING. THIS LAST WAS AT 1 ADULT(S); FEMALE(S)TENDED BY A SPECIALLY LOUD NOTE PROBABLY A MORE INTENSE DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY. SEVERAL EPISODES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TAPE. LNS: Subject changed from Trogon citreolus to T. melanocephalus to reflect current taxonomy. -Matt Medler, 10 March 2010. Response to playback: No response. Other Behaviors: Depart, Perform Visual Display.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000 REPORT IC
- Microphone
- Dan Gibson unspecified model
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 13 Oct 2008 - Jessie Barry