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Contributor
Bruce A. Sorrie Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Roosevelt Rds. Naval Station; Se Of Ceiba
Puerto Rico
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
This bird's notes are the emphatic, reedy, well-spaced ones. Generally is a single "wheeer". Also "wheerit-wheerit" or "wheerit-wheerit-dur-dur-dur, etc." Behavior: "preening, bill-wiping". Habitat: "a former beach, now replaced by Red Mangroves seaward and Black Mangroves landward. On the old beach itself were mostly Black Mangrove, White Mangrove, Coco palms, and some shrubs. This species has since 1960 established itself in the extreme eastern coastal strip of P.R. A Lesser Antillean bird, it prefers dry scrub and mangrove edges. Other Behaviors: Advertise.
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III-B
- Microphone
- Accessories
Archival information
- Cataloged
- 27 Apr 2001 - Martha Fischer
- Digitized
- 14 May 2001 - Martha Fischer