Western Dwarf Hornbill - Andres Angulo Rubiano
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Date

Location

Trail between the plots 4 and 5, Lobeke national park
East, Cameroon
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Map
Map Coordinates: 2.3067328, 15.7309869
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Fantastic moment coming back from our plots, we saw a breeding pair of this rare species preparing the nest or very probable feedings fledglings, because I saw both the female (in pictures) and male vigorously defended the site. Both, female and male were calling asynchronously (see recordings ML613975677;ML613975972; ML613976143; ML613976260). We saw that the female enters inside a hole in a tree (ML613976645;ML613976675;ML613976714) and also, we noticed that she captured big insects (grasshoppers) (ML613975027). We consider the calls as alarm and probably contact calls with a defensive function aimed to distract us from the nest or chicks and for communication between the female and male. Male was distant (25 meters) measured with a laica rangefinder. We also noticed that there was a small group of white mouse monkeys close. Nonetheless, we did not see the pair actively foraging with the monkey flock.

Technical information

Model
COOLPIX P950
ISO
450
Focal length
143 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/5.6
Shutter speed
1/60 sec
Dimensions
4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
Original file size
3.07 MB