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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
Location
LAKE NAKURU (HIPPO POOL)
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
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.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 15 Mar 2006 - Martha Fischer