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ML55986

Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

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Contributor

Jennifer F. M. Horne Media from this contributor

Date

25 Aug 1986

Location

Baringo; Laikipia
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 0.5333333, 36.45
Age and sex
Unknown age, Female - 1
Sounds
Song
Playback
Playback used

Media notes

NOTES: (Time: 2100-2200 hrs. Bkground Sounds: The Turnix are far and in background. Gen. Climate: Arid, cyclic wet-dry.) Our field assistants and indeed all local naturalists when asked told us these nocturnal calling animals were hedgehogs. I had doubts and because of the numbers we were seeing of these T. sylvatica assumed it was they. This now is proved by comparison with recordings held at LNS of Helen Lapham's captive birds. This 1986 was a year of heavy rains. Same subject(s) as LNS 55994.

Technical information

Recorder
STELLAVOX SP7
Microphone
Accessories

Archival information

Cataloged
11 Feb 2002 - Annette Nadeau
Digitized
8 Feb 2012 - David McCartt

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