kHz
Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
Location
VOI AREA
Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: General climate: DRY; T.M. STIGMATOTHORAX. THORN BUSH. HAVE TRIED TO DISENTANGLE CALLS OF THIS SPECIES AND TRICHOLAEMA LACRYMOSUM, BUT THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. THIS SPECIES PREFERS DRY THORN BUSH, T. LACRYMOSUM, GREENER LUSHER VEGETATION. THIS SPECIES HAS 3 CALLS/SONGS SO FAR AS I KNOW: 1) SHORT HARSH CHATTER IN RHYTHM 'LITTLE SLACKER'; HARD TO OBTAIN; POSSIBLE GREETING. 2) DEEPER HARSH SINGLE CALL: 'CHAH- CHAH - CHAH'. 3) SHORT QUICK COO USED AT BREEDING TIME (?); RESEMBLES T. DIADEMATUM COO. 1ST RECORDING HERE INC.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- AMPEX 401
- Microphone
- Altec 633
- Accessories
- Parabola 76.2cm (30in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 27 Nov 2001 - Shelagh A. Smith