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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
9:00 AM
Location
NORTH END OF LAKE NAKURU
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Non-vocal; Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: THE 'HIGH SONG'. VOCALIZING FROM TOP OF BUSH. IT FLUTTERED ITS WINGS NOW AND THEN IN THE COURSE OF THE SONG, MAKING AN AUDIBLE SOUND. BIRD IDENTIFIED AFTER CHECKING FIELD NOTE DESCRIPTION WITH MUSEUM SKINS. IN THE MIDDLE SECTION TWO BIRDS CAN Age: 2 UNKNOWN AGEBE HEARD, ONE MORE DISTANT. DURING THIS TIME WING FLUTTERING OCCURS. SEQUENCE OF SOUNDS: START WITH A SONG AND THEN CLEAR WHISTLES. DURING THE WHISTLE WING DISPLAY WAS HEARD TO THE SECOND MORE DISTANT BIRD. BIRD FACING AWAY FROM RECORDIST AT END, THUS SO. Other Behaviors: Mate, Perform Visual Display.
Additional species
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Argya/Turdoides sp. Argya/Turdoides sp.
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000S
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 1 Aug 2011 - Jay McGowan