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ML30198

Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus

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Contributor

Robert B. Angstadt Media from this contributor
Robert C. Stein Media from this contributor

Date

27 May 1961

Location

CRANE FLAT; YOSEMITE NAT. PARK
California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Sounds
Song
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: BIRD CALLING FROM TOP OF ROCK PILE IN TRANSITION FOREST. ON TIOGA PASSROAD. BNA: Advertisement call or Crow is heard. It is a two-note whistle described as "quee-ark" , "queerk", "queeark", "querk" or "plu-ark". CZ 06/02/2004. Habitat: Forest, Rocky.

Additional species

  • Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
  • Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
  • Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
  • Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
  • Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

Technical information

Recorder
NAGRA III-B
Microphone
AKG Unspecified
Accessories
Parabola 101.6cm (40in)

Archival information

Digitized
6 Feb 2004 - Claudia Zan

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