Contributor
Walter A. Thurber Media from this contributor
Date
5:45 AM
Location
Coban
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Flying; Foraging or eating
- Sounds
- Call
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: CALL: 'PI-HUEY' OR 'PI-CUEY'. SONG (?): A FLICKER-LIKE CALL. BIRD SEEMED TO BE FORAGING THROUGH THE LEAVES OF THE TREE. FLICKER-LIKE CALLS BEFORE STARTED RECORDER. THEN RECORDED MOST OF A SERIES OF ITS MORE TYPICAL CALLS. BIRD THEN FLEW TO A MORE DISTANT TREE AND BEGAN FLICKER-LIKE CALLS. I THEN BEGAN A SERIES OF APPROACHES TO DIRECTLY BENEATH THE BIRD. THE VOCALIZATIONS WERE GENERALLY SPACED ABOUT 25-40 SECONDS APART. TWO ON ONE RECORDING SEEM CLOSER BECAUSE I STOPPED THE RECORDER BETWEEN Call type: tijos, joining calls nice and clear (per S. Vehrencamp).
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000L
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Parabola 45.7cm (18in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 27 Apr 2011 - David McCartt