kHz
Contributor
Linda Macaulay Media from this contributor Profile
Date
8:15 AM eBird checklist
S23688340
Location
between Swakopmund and Okahandia; highway B2 at Km 293.4
Namibia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 2
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call; Non-vocal; Song
- Playback
- Playback used
Media notes
NOTES: (Species Sound: Frequent. Breeding Status: Territorial. General Climate: Arid; cyclic wet-dry. Gen. Hab: Gravel desert. Cov. Density: Sparse.) [High pass filter @125 Hz.] Response to playback of coastal form. These birds came in and began duetting with same call of display behavior as coastal form. Female bowing and spreading wings in copulatory posture. Short flights one ft. off ground - wing whirring. There has been no rain in this area yet. Response to playback: Approach. Other Behaviors: Advertise, Court, Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Desert.
Technical information
- Recorder
- SONY TC-D5 PRO II
- Microphone
- Sennheiser MKH 60
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 7 Feb 2001 - Annette Nadeau
- Digitized
- 9 Mar 2002 - Sarah Benson-Amram