Red-necked Crake, Rallina tricolor

Recording AV#5175. Indonesia: Talaud (4.4, 126.8)
recorded by Frank R. Lambert

Recording Characterization

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AVoCet catalog #	AV5175
Audio duration (s)	45.8
ID confidence and determination	less than 100% possibly a new species of crake to science seen and along the understorey in a streamcourse in primary forest. Two birds were seen, 1 had a chestnut head and breast, the entire head, the other the head was slightly more orangey, both had red eyes and slaty blackish body; leg color not determined, no barring seen on the underparts but I couldn't be completely sure what color the undertail coverts were. Bill short, crake-like, green with slightly darker base to the upper mandible.
Sound types present	call
Grade of best portion	good

Individual Characterization

Behavior	Birds are very shy, hard to see in the forest, not responding to playback but seen very well in the streambed. They have another call preceding this call which was a deep and booming call hardly discernible and also this call type seems to be sometimes w
Group size	2

Environment

Recording date	August 21, 1996
Location	Indonesia: Talaud (4.4, 126.8) Coordinates determined by: estimate from Google Earth
Habitat	understorey along a streamcourse in primary forest

Additional Information

Recordist name	Frank R. Lambert
Copyright/permissions	copyright FRL, freely available for non-commercial use with attribution
Recording Equipment	cassette recorder
Editing Information	originally incorrectly assigned to Gymnocrex talaudensis by AVoCet editor

Audio recording file "AV5175" by Frank R. Lambert is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at avocet.zoology.msu.edu/recordings/5175.