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ML91075

Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata

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Contributor

Glayson Bencke Media from this contributor Profile

Date

17 Dec 1996 8:11 PM

Location

Rio Abrangio
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: -30.8483333, -52.5669444
Age and sex
Unknown age, Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Song
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: Habitat: Dirt road near swamps, open country and patches of lowland forest Remarks: A male with tail not fully developed displaying and singing from its perch on the ground, in the middle of the road. The recording includes snaps produced by the bird as it lifed slightly off the ground in single short jumps, a series of songs (high-pitched "TZEEKs"), and the noise produced as the bird took off. The last noise was heard also from the same male as it flew after a female in the same place just before recording. Other Behaviors: Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Forest, Grassland, Edge.

Additional species

  • Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni

Technical information

Recorder
SONY TCM-5000EV
Microphone
Sennheiser ME 66
Accessories

Archival information

Cataloged
16 Jul 1998 - Martha Fischer
Digitized
18 May 2006 - James Napoli
Edited
16 Jul 1998 - Martha Fischer

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