ML647156705
Contributor
stephen johnson 🦜 Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
H1-2, Bushbuckridge ZA-Mpumalanga -24.91154, 31.71403
Mpumalanga, South Africa
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 1
- Sounds
- Call; Mechanical sound
- Playback
- Playback not used
Media notes
positive ID, observed the bird seen in these photos making this bill-clapping and vocal call
Observation details
Male, performing his beatbox routine atop a prominent mound close to the road. If any life bird sighting on this trip stays with me a long time, it certainly ought to be this one. the pattern after some silence was to start clacking his bill, which became steady and loud. Then it softened slightly in volume, continuing, as he started to call vocally. Continuing both a little hesitantly, then both became steady together. A few seconds of that, taper off, rest again .. then repeat. Photos and recording TBA.
Technical information
- Recorder
- iPhone 13, audio .wav file recorded by Merlin app
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 2 MB