Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Tockus leucomelas
Recording AV#11892.
Botswana: Khama Rhino Sanctuary (-22.244, 26.721)
recorded by Pamela C. Rasmussen
Recording Characterization
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AVoCet catalog # | AV11892 |
Audio duration (s) | 196.9 |
ID confidence and determination | 100% seen well singing |
Other identified bird species | Chrysococcyx caprius |
Sound types present | song |
Grade of best portion | good first half rather faint |
Playback used | no |
Individual Characterization
Age | adult Determined by: plumage |
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Behavior | most of the singing done with bill closed and bird stationary, with fixed stare; hard to tell it's singing until late in the series when it raises up and down on legs, raises wings high over back and lowers head |
Group size | 1 |
Same individual as in other cuts in same spatiotemporal group? | yes |
Environment
Recording date | January 03, 2011 |
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Time recorded (24h) | 6:40h |
Location | Botswana: Khama Rhino Sanctuary (-22.244, 26.721) Coordinates determined by: Google Earth |
Elevation (m) | 1250 Determined by: Google Earth |
Habitat | small waterhole in savanna |
Additional Information
Recordist name | Pamela C. Rasmussen |
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Copyright/permissions | copyright by recordist, freely available for non-commercial use with attribution |
Recording Equipment | Nagra Ares BB+, Sennheiser ME-66/K6 |

Audio recording file "AV11892" by
Pamela C. Rasmussen
is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at avocet.integrativebiology.natsci.msu.edu/recordings/11892.