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ML58559

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea

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Contributor

Jennifer F. M. Horne Media from this contributor

Date

19 Jul 1989

Location

Baringo; Laikipia
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 0.5333333, 36.45
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Song
Playback
Playback used

Media notes

NOTES: (Bkground Sounds: Drums. Breeding Status: Breeding. Gen. Climate: Arid, cyclic wet-dry. Gen. Habitat: Bushed woodland. Cover Density: Open, medium.) Extensive notes were taken of their behaviour by L. L. Short and these will be in the field journal for this day. These journals are likely to be (and are now '93) in the AMNH. The times are per LLS. My watch was broken. Playback was tried later and annotated. Response to playback: Normal song. Other Behaviors: Court. Habitat: Forest, Deciduous Forest, Riparian, Scrub, Rocky.

Technical information

Recorder
STELLAVOX SP7
Microphone
Accessories

Archival information

Cataloged
18 Feb 2002 - Annette Nadeau
Digitized
10 Feb 2012 - Brad Walker

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