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Contributor
Jennifer F. M. Horne Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Baringo; Laikipia; Mukutan
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call; Non-vocal; Song
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
NOTES: (Breeding Status: Breeding. Gen. Climate: Arid, cyclic wet-dry. Cover Density: Open, medium.) Two feeding young and male singing from his song perch as female at nest. Male also fed. They nested here in the Mukutan at the beginning of the gorge dropoff and there is a[n] earth bank under the cliff. There is a section where the bee-eater is "breaking" an insect by bashing it on a branch. Other Behaviors: Advertise, Mate, Care For Young. Habitat: Forest, Deciduous Forest, River, Riparian, Second-growth, Scrub, Canyon, Bank, Edge, Rocky.
Technical information
- Recorder
- STELLAVOX SP7
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 20 Feb 2002 - Annette Nadeau
- Digitized
- 14 Feb 2012 - Brad Walker