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Contributor
Andrea L. Priori Media from this contributor
L. Virginia Engelhard Media from this contributor
Date
2:50 PM
Location
Ithaca; Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
Tompkins, New York, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
- Captive
- Captive
Media notes
NOTES: Range status: CAPTIVITY; Frequency of sound: SPORADIC; THIS WAS A LARGE MALE - THE MORE AGGRESSIVE OF TWO MALES IN THE PEN. WHEN FIRST APPROACHED HE HERDED THE THREE FEMALES AWAY FROM ME. I SPENT SOME TIME WALKING UP TO THE PEN TRYING TO IMITATE A THREAT POSTURE. ONE OF HIS RESPONSES WAS TO GO DRINK AT THE WATER TROUGH. EITHER THE 'THREAT' WASN'T GETTING THROUGH TO HIM OR IT WAS A SUPER THREAT AND THE DRINKING WAS A DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR. THE BIRD ALSO WENT INTO AN ALERT POSTURE WHEN I IMITATED HIS CALL AT THE RIGHT FREQUENCIES. RECORDED LOW TWO DVD Disc 00001. STP 1.mf 4Apr00. Other Behaviors: Advertise.
Additional species
- Chukar Alectoris chukar
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia (Feral Pigeon)
- tinamou sp. Tinamidae sp.
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III-B
- Microphone
- Electro-Voice 650
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 3 Apr 2000 - Martha Fischer