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Contributor
Hugh C. Land Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Matiaz Galvez
Izabal, Guatemala
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Call; Non-vocal
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Cover density: THICK; THE SNAPPING, BUZZING, AND CLICKING SOUNDS WERE RECORDEDON THE COURTSHIP TERRITORY OF SEVERAL MALES. THE RAPID SERIES OF SNAPS (HEARD JUST AS M. AURIFRONS INTERRUPTS AND ELSEWHERE IN IN THE BACKGROUND) ARE PRODUCED BY THE WINGS (PRESUMABLY) DURING A GROUND DANCE WHERE THE MALE HOPS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TWIGS IN A HEATED CRESCENDO. THE OTHER CALLS ARE GIVEN FROM HIGHER PERCHES (1-3M UP) AND SEEM TO INVOLVE BOTH THEVOCAL APPARATUS AND THE WINGS. DENSE BRUSHY RAINFOREST NEAR STREAM. Other Behaviors: Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Rainforest, Creek.
Additional species
- ant-tanager sp. Habia sp.
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
Technical information
- Recorder
- CONCERTONE 505
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 22 Mar 2001 - Lauren A. Serafin