Purple Sunbird, Nectarinia asiatica
Recording AV#3806.
Oman: Muscat Governorate; southern outskirts of Qurayyat (23.244, 58.912)
recorded by Pamela C. Rasmussen
Recording Characterization
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AVoCet catalog # | AV3806 |
Audio duration (s) | 97.6 |
Other identified bird species | Pycnonotus leucotis |
Sound types present | song |
Grade of best portion | good second strophe interrupted by speech |
Individual Characterization
Sex | male breeding plumage Determined by: bp |
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Age | ad Determined by: bp |
Group size | 1 male, followed by non-vocalizing (?) female |
Environment
Recording date | March 01, 2010 |
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Time recorded (24h) | 9:46h |
Location | Oman: Muscat Governorate; southern outskirts of Qurayyat (23.244, 58.912) Coordinates determined by: GPS |
Elevation (m) | 6 Determined by: Google Earth |
Weather | hot, windy |
Habitat | verdant, with medium-tall trees and herbaceous understorey, obviously flooded recently, dried out now; flat plain, acacia-type trees |
Additional Information
Recordist name | Pamela C. Rasmussen |
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Copyright/permissions | copyrighted by recordist; freely available with attribution |
Recording Equipment | Nagra Ares BB+; Sennheiser ME-66 |

Audio recording file "AV3806" 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/3806.