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Myles E. W. North
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LAKE NAKURU (HIPPO POOL)
Rift Valley, Kenya
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- Age and Sex
- Adult – 2
- Sounds
- Call
- Behaviors
- Breeding
- Courtship, Display, or Copulation
- Tags
- ;
- Playback
- Not Used
Comments
Breeding-type wails given by one of a pair of birds perched on top of an acacia tree. No bill rattles and no nest. The bird giving the wail did so as he beat his head downward. Birds were distant and recording is not too clear. Other Behaviors: Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Lake.
Background Species
Lesser Swamp Warbler - Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Southern Boubou - Laniarius ferrugineus
Technical Information
- Recorder
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EMI RE321
- Microphone
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Grampian DP5
- Accessories
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Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival Information
- Cataloged
- Digitized
- 15 Mar 2006 by Martha Fischer
- Edited