kHz
Contributor
Fred W. Loetscher, Jr. Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Mount Field National Park
Tasmania, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Background: ANTHOCHAERA ZZZ (IMITATION BY MENURA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE ?); Range status: INTRODUCED; Weather: WIND; TEMPERATE MOUNTAIN RAINFOREST WITH ABUNDANT EPIPHYTES. THE MENURA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE I BELIEVE IS THE AUTHOR OF ALL BIRD VOCALIZATIONS IN THIS RECORDING EXCEPT, PERHAPS, THE ANTHOCHAERA ZZZ. IN ADDITION TO MANY OF ITS OWN NOTES AND AN IMITATION O 1 MALE(S)?F A CHAIN-SAW, THE MENURA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE CLEARLY IMITATES OTHER BIRDS, FOR EXAMPLE AT 0:58, 1:12, AND 1:29 IT GIVES AN IMITATION OF A STREPERA FULIGINOSA. EARLY AFTERNOON. Other Behaviors: Mimicry.
Technical information
- Recorder
- NAGRA III
- Microphone
- AKG 200
- Accessories
- Parabola 61cm/20.3cm (24in/8in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 7 Nov 2001 - Martha Fischer