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ML50172

Black Phoebe (Northern) Sayornis nigricans [nigricans Group]

Report

Contributor

Geoffrey A. Keller Media from this contributor

Date

18 May 1990 6:40 AM

Location

American Canyon Campground
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 35.2844809, -120.2665744
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Call
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

NOTES: dawn +0.67hrs; species cut number 11 BNA: Song Initially Peaked Vocalization ("Tieur"). Simple Vocalization ("Tsip"). mf [These calls appear to represent both Initially Peaked Vocalizations (IPVs) and Simple Vocalizations given by a pair of birds (see BNA and Smith, W. J. 1970. Song-like displays of Sayornis species. Behaviour 37: 64-84). All calls given before about 0:26 appear to represent IPVs (moslty "chevron-peaked" forms but with "fully humped" forms given at 0:045 and 0:20-0:25). After 0:26, however, things become more confusing because the IPVs of one bird seem to grade into the Simple Vocalizations of the other, indicating either individual variation in Simple Vocalizations or that one of the birds is giving calls intermediate between Simple Vocalizations and IPVs (see Figure 3 of Smith). Quality changed from 1-2 to 2-1 - CAM - 4 April 2005]. Other Behaviors: Advertise. Habitat: Evergreen Forest, Coniferous Forest, Deciduous Forest, Riparian, Canyon.

Technical information

Recorder
UHER 4200 REPORT MONITOR
Microphone
Sennheiser MKH 106T
Accessories
Roche Parabola 74cm/17.7cm (29.1in/7in)

Archival information

Cataloged
1 Jul 2000 - David Lauten
Digitized
6 May 2004 - Martha Fischer
Edited
1 Dec 1990 - Steven R. Pantle

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