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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
Location
W Of Livingstone; Mambosva On Zambezi River
Zambia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: L.F. BICOLOR. AT MAMBOVA, THERE IS A SWAMP,WITH TALL GRASSES, ETC., ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER, AND OPEN CULTIVATED COUNTRY, WITH A VILLAGE AND ACACIAS, ON THE EAST. THE BIRDS WERE CALLING BOTH IN THE SWAMPVEGETATION AND IN THE ACACIAS. C.W. BENSONBELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A CLEAR-CUT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SONGS OF L.F. BICOLOR AND L.F. MOSSAMBICUS, AND IN DUET IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS: BICOLOR BEGINS WITH A QUICK RATTLE FOLLOWED BY A FLUTE CALL, AND MOSSAMBICUS DOES NOT HAVE THIS PRELIMINARY RATTLE. EXAMPLES TO SHOW THIS: RATTLE SONG (NOT A SCOLD) FOLLOWED BY FLUTE. ALSO AT THE END A FEW FLUTES WHICH COULD BE CONFUSED WITH THAT OF MOSSAMBICUS. Habitat: Swamp, River.
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 9 Jan 2002 - Martha Fischer