Re: mystery calls, high on Kilimanjaro

Hi guys. I wouldn't agree with Mocking Ciff-Chat, certainly not how they call here in the south at any rate. It sounds a lot like one of the contact calls of Cape Canary down here in South Africa. Listen to the Chappuis CD at about 30 seconds into the Cape Canary track and you will hear the sound I am referring to. So how about Yellow-crowned Canary? It is known from up to 4 000 m on Kili according to Zimmerman et al. My two cents worth. Warren
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> --- In tanzaniabirds@yahoogroups.com, "HerMarc" <hermarc10@...> wrote:
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> > Hello Doug,
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> > I've been searching my own files, but cannot find this sound. Also on the CD's of Chappuis (African bird sounds) and of Gibbon (Southern African Bird sounds) I cannot find it so quickly. But if I remember well though from southeast Sudan, it is Mocking Cliff-chat (Myrmecocichla (Thamnolaea) cinnamomeiventris). It's a call, not a song.
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> > Wonder what others think.
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> > Greetings, Marc de Bont
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> > From: Doug Hardy
> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 2:12 AM
> > To: tanzaniabirds@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [tanzaniabirds] mystery calls, high on Kilimanjaro
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> > Last month I briefly observed a small passerine within the crater of
> > Kilimanjaro, at ~5,700 m. Besides the White-naped Raven this is the only
> > bird I have seen at the summit, in 5+ weeks of time spent there
> > (cumulative).
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> > The following recordings were made during my brief glimpse of the bird
> > within an area of boulders. In so doing I was not able to make a careful
> > observation, and did not get any photos. Playback was not successful
> > because the bird departed as wind speed increased.
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> > Any ideas what species this might be?
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> > Thanks in advance for any thoughts-
> > Doug Hardy
> > Norwich Vermont, USA
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> > Two clips are available, each in wma or mp3 format:
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> > 11 seconds:
> > <http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/tanzania/audio/kibobird49_42-53.wma>
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> > <http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/tanzania/audio/kibobird49_42-53.mp3>
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> > 21 seconds:
> > <http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/tanzania/audio/kibobird49_125-146.wma>
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> > <http://www.geo.umass.edu/climate/tanzania/audio/kibobird49_125-146.mp3>
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