ML627330926

Age and sex

Adult, Unknown sex - 1

Behaviors

Foraging or eating

Playback

Playback not used

Media notes

Video shows an intesting behavior; the bird is patting or pressing leaves and soil with its feet (stand-in-place walking), between bouts of tossing leaves with its bill. Three instances (the first 3) in which left foot pats and right is relatively still, one instance in which right foot pats and left is relatively still, and one instance (the last) in which both feet appear to alternate patting.

Observation details

Video shows an intesting behavior; the bird is patting or pressing leaves and soil with its feet (stand-in-place walking), between shorter bouts of tossing leaves with its bill. Three instances (the first 3) in which left foot pats and right is relatively still, one instance in which right foot pats and left is relatively still, and one instance (the last) in which both feet appear to alternate patting. See this 1977 Journal of Field Ornithology article by Lawrence Kilham: https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/jfo/v048n02/p0168-p0169.pdf

Technical information

Camera

Sony RX10 IV

Microphone

Accessories

Original file size

189.15 MB