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Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
2:00 PM
Location
Lake Nakuru NP
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Call; Duet; Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Background: CAMPETHERA NUBICA (?) (YAFFLE CALL); L.F. MAJOR. PAIR DOING A FLUTE DUET. MYLES STATES THAT THE BIRDS WEREAT VERY DIFFERENT ANGLES. THE PARABOLA IS FIRST FOCUSED AT THE BIRD GIVING THE LOWER NOTE, THEN AT THE BIRD GIVING THE HIGHER NOTE. THIS RECORDING IS NOTED IN W.H. THORPE'S MONOGRAPH, 'DUETTING AND ANTIPHONAL SONG IN BIRDS', CAMBRIDGE UNIV. PRESS, 1972, MUSICAL EXAMPLE NO.78. Habitat: Lake.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 9 Jan 2002 - Martha Fischer