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ML91090

Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius

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Contributor

Glayson Bencke Media from this contributor Profile

Date

12 Jan 1997 5:35 AM

Location

Linha Pinheiral (near Rio Taquari-mirim)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: -29.65, -52.3
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1; Juvenile, Unknown sex - 4
Sounds
Call
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: Habitat: Wet, partially shaded growth of tall grasses along a ditch bordering a rice field. Remarks: A family group with a pair and four young. Two- or three-note contact calls and "PEEW" alarm note recorded. Contact calls and alarm calls were given by different birds. Also rcorded are faint peeps possibly of this species and a harsh contact note and a "subsong". Technician note: Part A: 11:26 Quality = ~2-3 Part B: 3:10 Quality = ~2 LNS: Background subject changed from Ortalis motmot to O. guttata squamata to reflect current taxonomy. --Jay McGowan 17Jul2013. Other Behaviors: Establish Parent Young Contact, Emit Alarm. Habitat: Active Agricultural, Field, Edge.

Additional species

  • Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
  • Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
  • Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
  • Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona
  • Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
  • Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
  • Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
  • Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
  • Scaled Chachalaca Ortalis squamata
  • Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
  • Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
  • Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla
  • Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
  • Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
  • Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

Technical information

Recorder
SONY TCM-5000EV
Microphone
Sennheiser ME 66
Accessories

Archival information

Cataloged
16 Jul 1998 - Martha Fischer
Digitized
23 Jan 2012 - Brad Walker
Edited
16 Jul 1998 - Martha Fischer

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