Long-billed Cuckoo, Rhamphomantis megarhynchus

Recording AV#3708. Papua New Guinea: Western Province; en route from Elevala River lodge to Kiunga (-6.1, 141.4)
recorded by Pamela C. Rasmussen

Recording Characterization

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Sonogram of recording #AV 3708
AVoCet catalog #AV3708
Audio duration (s)22.6
Sound types presentsong
not sure about attribution of first higher note
Grade of best portiongood
noisy
Playback usedbird was calling beforehand but playback and human imitations were used

Individual Characterization

Agead
Determined by: bp
Behaviorbird perched on tops of various trees, and at one point flew across the river presumably due to playback/imitation
Same individual as in other cuts in same spatiotemporal group?yes

Environment

Recording dateAugust 21, 2009
Time recorded (24h)14:04h
LocationPapua New Guinea: Western Province; en route from Elevala River lodge to Kiunga (-6.1, 141.4)
Coordinates determined by: estimate
Elevation (m)50
Determined by: Google Earth

Additional Information

Recordist namePamela C. Rasmussen
Copyright/permissionscopyrighted by recordist; freely available with attribution
Recording EquipmentNagra BB Ares+, Sennheiser ME66
Editing Informationconsiderable editing; note at 13s slightly truncated and echo edited out due to editing out of overlapping very loud cf. Trichoglossus call