kHz
Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
5:45 PM
Location
Hacienda Los Pinos
Usulután, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Breeding status: TERRITORIAL PAIRED; FEMALE - WHISTLE-RAACK; MALE - ORIOLE-LIKE CHIRP. THESE SHORT SNATCHES PRESENT THE WHISTLE-SCREAM OF FEMALE IN VICINITY OF NEST. THE FIRST IS TYPICAL. IN THE SECOND CAN BE HEARD THE CHIRPS OF THE MALE AS HE APPROACHED WITH A MOUSE; FEMALE VOCALIZES AS SHE GOES TO MEET HIM AND RETURNS WITH THE MOUSE. THE THIRD PRESENTS HER CALLS AS SHE CIRCLES THE NEST AS THOUGH EXERCISING AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF INCUBATION. THE FOURTH PRESENTS HER NOTES AS SHE SITS ON A BRANCH NEAR THE NEST WHILE THE MALE CIRC [These calls appear to represent the "eee-grack"and guttural "grrrkkk" calls described in BNA account. Quality unchanged (2) - CAM - 23 November 2004]. Habitat: Creek.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000L
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 6 May 2002 - Shelagh A. Smith