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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
P. H. Sessions Media from this contributor
Date
12:00 PM
Location
LENGETIA; MAU NAROK
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: MYLES SPOTTED THE BIRD IN THE GRASS AT THE CATTLE 'BOMA' OR STOCKADE.MYLES WALKED UP ON THE BIRD BUT IT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DOING ANYTHING;IT THEN FLEW 30M UP IN THE AIR AND OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE DROPPING INTO THE GRASS AGAIN 30M AWAY - SINGING WHILE DOING THIS. (THE VOCAL DESCRIPTION 'DISPLAY FLIGHT' AND SONG IS PROBABLY CORRECT - IT WAS WHAT HE WAS SEEING THE BIRD DO AT THE TIME - J.F.M. HORNE) MONTANE GRASSLANDABOVE THE FOREST. Other Behaviors: Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Grassland, Montane Grassland.
Technical information
- Recorder
- UHER 4000S
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 16 Mar 2010 - Jessie Barry