White-billed Starling, Onychognathus albirostris
Recording AV#4582.
Ethiopia: Amhara Region; Blue Nile Gorge (10.074, 38.192)
recorded by Pamela C. Rasmussen
Recording Characterization
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AVoCet catalog # | AV4582 |
Audio duration (s) | 38.2 |
ID confidence and determination | 100% seen well singing, photographed |
Sound types present | song |
Grade of best portion | below average extremely noisy due to waterfall |
Playback used | no |
Individual Characterization
Sex | male Determined by: plumage |
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Age | adult Determined by: plumage |
Behavior | singing for several minutes from same perch in shade of tree canopy near waterfall |
Group size | 1 |
Environment
Recording date | June 22, 2009 |
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Time recorded (24h) | 11:36h |
Location | Ethiopia: Amhara Region; Blue Nile Gorge (10.074, 38.192) Coordinates determined by: GPS |
Elevation (m) | 1090 Determined by: GPS |
Weather | 100% clear, hot, still, 90F |
Habitat | near bridge over river |
Additional Information
Recordist name | Pamela C. Rasmussen |
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Copyright/permissions | copyright by recordist; freely available with attribution |
Recording Equipment | Nagra Ares BB+, Sennheiser ME-66 |
Editing Information | extensively noise-reduced |

Audio recording file "AV4582" 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/4582.