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Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
1:50 PM
Location
CERRO VERDE
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2; Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
- Sounds
- Call; Non-vocal
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Breeding status: TERRITORIAL PAIRED; ONE, PROBABLY TWO, MOTMOT NESTLINGS WERE IN A TUNNEL IN A VERTICAL BANK. THE ADULTS APPROACHED THE NEST BY MORE OR LESS REGULAR ROUTES, PASSING FROM ONE SAPLING TO ANOTHER. THE MICROPHONE AND REFLECTOR WERE ABOUT 7 METERS FROM THE TUNNEL OPENING AND I WAS CONCEALED BEHIND A TREE FARTHER AWAY. ONLY ONE NESTLING CAN BE HEARD IN THE RECORDING BUT AT TIMES TWO SEEMED TO BE CRYING; PROBABLY ONE BLOCKED THE TUNNEL AND THE OTHER BEHIND IT COULD NOT BE HEARD. SECOND GROWTH WOODLAND BROKEN BY SMALL CLEARINGS. RECORDED FROM 13:50-15:00 HOURS. 1-2? NESTLING(S); 2 ADULT(S); MALE; FEMALE; Sex: UNKNOWN. Other Behaviors: Establish Parent Young Contact, Beg, Care For Young. Habitat: Forest, Second-growth.
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000L
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 17 Jun 2011 - Matthew D. Medler