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looking for recordings of Golden and Nubian Nightjars (1 Viewer)
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SteveClifton
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Nubian Here, perhaps you can edit out the voice-over at the beginning :
http://macaulaylibrary.org/search.do
Sorry, can't do Golden...
Might be worth searching here though:
http://www.aviandiscography.webs.com/
http://macaulaylibrary.org/search.do
Sorry, can't do Golden...
Might be worth searching here though:
http://www.aviandiscography.webs.com/
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tomjenner
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Thanks Steve and Xenospiza. Is it possible to download from the Macauley library site? I couldn't figure out how, but I'm not much good at such things. Apparently there is a recording of Golden Nightjar - one link on Google referred to a publication in the Bulletin of the African Bird Club about the first known recording. The problem is that when I went to the page it covered every back issue to it was hard to pin down. I have all the back issues, so I may have to go through them all to get a description and find where they stored the original recording. Tomorrow night I am visiting a known site for Golden Nightjar, but unfortunately I don't have any recording gear with me. If many local species have not been recorded it may be worth investing in some cheap gear.
Tom
Tom
Xenospiza
Distracted
The reference is F Dowsett-Lemaire & RJ Dowsett, Bull ABC 13:1, 49.
The good news: the birds they noted sang in the morning, until almost full daylight on top of rocks and bushes. An hour before sunrise is apparently the time to start searching.
The bad news: no mention is made of where they stored the recording.
The good news: the birds they noted sang in the morning, until almost full daylight on top of rocks and bushes. An hour before sunrise is apparently the time to start searching.
The bad news: no mention is made of where they stored the recording.
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tomjenner
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Thanks. I looked it up in my back issues and it includes quite a lot about habitat etc. I will take it with me on my trip.
Tom
Tom, Francois Dowsett-Lemaire's recording has been deposited at the NSA in London.
Go here: http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat and enter Caprimulgus eximius for details of the recording (but unfortunately, no downloads available on NSA website).
When you read the article in ABC Bulletin you will find that the song of Golden Nightjar is virtually identical to Plain Nightjar (C.inornatus), including the recording presented as C.inornatus on Chappuis' West African CDs.
A recording of Nubian Nightjar can be found here: http://www.tarsiger.com/sounds/index.php?lista=ok&species=28460&family=&sp=search&lang=eng&manner=&sel=4&kuvaaja=&type=0&sex=0&country=&place=&order=lisays_paiva+DESC&sel=4
You may have to start from the main site if you can't get all the URL by cut & Paste.
Hope this helps. Shaun
PS. the aviandiscogrpahy website Steve mentions in post #2 is mine, hopefully to be updated in a month or two.
Go here: http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat and enter Caprimulgus eximius for details of the recording (but unfortunately, no downloads available on NSA website).
When you read the article in ABC Bulletin you will find that the song of Golden Nightjar is virtually identical to Plain Nightjar (C.inornatus), including the recording presented as C.inornatus on Chappuis' West African CDs.
A recording of Nubian Nightjar can be found here: http://www.tarsiger.com/sounds/index.php?lista=ok&species=28460&family=&sp=search&lang=eng&manner=&sel=4&kuvaaja=&type=0&sex=0&country=&place=&order=lisays_paiva+DESC&sel=4
You may have to start from the main site if you can't get all the URL by cut & Paste.
Hope this helps. Shaun
PS. the aviandiscogrpahy website Steve mentions in post #2 is mine, hopefully to be updated in a month or two.
