Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Playback
- Playback used
- Specimen
- Specimen collected
Media notes
NOTES: Recorded by: Mrs. J. F. M. Horne while with Mr. and Mrs. D. McChesney & Andrew Williams. Background: DOVE SP. (POSS. TURTUR TYMPANISTRIA); Beh. context: UNKNOWN; Cover density: THICK; SOME GUTTERAL NOTES FOLLOWED BY BEAUTIFUL CLEAR NOTES, SOMETIMES A WHISTLE TO END. THE RESULT OF PLAYBACK WAS TO MAKE THE BIRD REDOUBLE ITSEFFORTS AT A SLIGHTLY INCREASED PACE. ULTIMATELY ALSO TO MAKE IT MOVEITS POSITION AND THUS GIVE A CHANCE TO SEE AND IDENTIFY IT. UPON PLAYBACK, ANDREW WILLIAMS WAS ABLE TO COLLECT A SPECIMEN (HORNE TAPE NO.1)ALTHOUGH THE SECOND ONE WE FAILED TO PICK UP. THE REACTION WAS THE SAME IN BOTH CASES - A RENEWED EFFORT IN SOUND AND ULTIMATELY MOVEMENT, USUALLY NEARER TO THE SOUND OF PLAYBACK. EQUATORIAL FOREST, HIGH CANOPY WITH THICK SECONDARY AND TERTIARY GROWTH. RECORDED MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON. MALE?. Response to playback: Approach. Response to playback: Different song. Habitat: Forest.
Additional species
- tinkerbird sp. Pogoniulus sp.
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000L
- Microphone
- Grampian DP6
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 14 Nov 2001 - Martha Fischer