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ML619637582

Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia

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Contributor

Christopher Tuffley Media from this contributor Profile

Date

26 May 2024 eBird checklist S177207834

Location

Waikanae--Waimanu Lagoon
Kapiti Coast District, Wellington, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: -40.8712812, 175.0112749
Age and sex
Unknown age, Unknown sex - 2
Sounds
Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

Call from royal spoonbill roosting in a tree, recorded approx 30 mins after sunset. Bird not sighted until the end of the vocalisation, when two royal spoonbills took off from the tree and flew away. The wingbeats heard at the end will be them. A tui in the background, and a blackbird at the end of the recording

Additional species

  • Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
  • Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula

Technical information

Recorder
Sound Devices MixPre6-II
Microphone
Sennheiser MKE 600
Accessories
Original file size
3.88 MB

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