Contributor
Date
Location
- Age and sex
- Adult, Unknown sex - 2; Immature Unknown sex - 1
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
- Sounds
- Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Background: ZOSTEROPS SENEGALENSIS KIKUYUENSIS; Sound Category: DEVELOPMENTAL SUBSONG; MCB WAS RECORDED PRACTICING ON SEVERAL DAYS: 1) 01JUL64 - DAY WAS DULL AND CLOUDY, NO SONG PRACTICING; 2) 02JUL64 - 0800 HOURS; 3) 06JUL64 - 1145, MIDDLE FLUTES RATHER BETTER, A LONG PERIOD OF PRACTICING WHICHENDED AT 1155. THE BIRD THEN COMMENCED FORAGING; 4) 09JUL64 - 1245-1255; 5) A SHORT SEQUENCE OF AN ADULT PAIR OF BIRDS RECORDED FOR COMPARISON PURPOSESWITH MCB. ONE OF THE PAIR IS DOING THE LOW BOU AND THE OTHER THE TICKAT 0715 HRS; 6) 11JUL64 - 1225 HRS. L.F. AMBIGUUS. THERE WAS SOME IMPROVEMENT TO BE HEARD AT ONE STAGE, BUT IT IS NOT MAINTAINED. 1 JUVENILE(S); 2 ADULT(S); MALE; FEMALE; Sex: UNKNOWN ML: Background subject changed from recordist's original identification of Serinus striolatus striolatus to Serinus striolatus to conform to eBird Taxonomy (v. 1.55). -Jay McGowan/Matt Medler, July 2015. Other Behaviors: Subsong.
Additional species
Technical information
- Recorder
- EMI RE321
- Microphone
- Grampian DP5
- Accessories
- Parabola 43.2cm (17in)
Archival information
- Digitized
- 9 Jan 2002 - Martha Fischer