kHz
Contributor
Myles E. W. North Media from this contributor
Date
Location
MAKUYU; SWIFT RUTHERFOORD ESTATE
Central, Kenya
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Female - 1; Adult Male - 1
- Sounds
- Call; Song
- Playback
- Not specified
Media notes
NOTES: Breeding status: TERRITORIAL PAIRED; CALLS BY A PAIR OF THESE BIRDS WHICH ATTACHED THEIR NEST TO A PENDANTELECTRIC BULB ON THE VERANDA OF THE HOUSE (WHERE THEY WERE PHOTOGRAPHED FOR TELEVISION BY MR. ARMAND DENIS). THE NEST HAD YOUNG. RECORDED ON TWO DAYS: 30APR56 - CALLS AND SCOLDS MOSTLY BY THE FEMALE, BUT WITH CALLS FROM THE MALE IN THE BACKGROUND I THINK. THEN A FEW CALLS BY THEMALE; 06MAY56 - A SONG BY THE FEMALE. CUT UP TO 600HZ. PART COPIED FOR 'MORE VOICES OF AFRICAN BIRDS'. Other Behaviors: Scold.
Technical information
- Recorder
- AMPEX 401
- Microphone
- Altec 633
- Accessories
Archival information
- Digitized
- 3 Jul 2001 - Martha Fischer