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ML943

Atitlan Grebe Podilymbus gigas

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Contributor

Anne LaBastille Media from this contributor

Date

May 1963

Location

Lake Atitlan shore line
Sololá, Guatemala
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Duet; Song
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

NOTES: (No. of Animals: Adults, male and female. Species Sound or Soc. Contact: Frequent. Breeding Status: Territorial, breeding. Special Song Type: Territorial call male. Gen. Climate: Cyclic wet-dry. Sound Delivery Rate: Normal, agitated. Visual Display: Throat swells, hunches down (see photos). Parabola: Umbrella.)See Wildlife Monograph #37, The Wildlife Society 1974, Ecology and Management of the Atitlan Grebe, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. SERIES OF PUMPING SOUNDS MUCH LIKE PIED-BILLED GREBE. ORIGINAL: WEBCOR AT 1 7/8 IPS. COPIED ON NAGRA III AT 7.5 IPS BY L.I.DAVIS. Response to playback: Normal song. Other Behaviors: Advertise, Mate, Perform Visual Display. Habitat: Lake. Elevation: 152 m.

Technical information

Recorder
WEBCOR UNSPECIFIED MODEL
Microphone
Accessories

Archival information

Cataloged
27 Feb 2003 - Annette Nadeau
Digitized
5 Nov 2010 - Jessie Barry

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