bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Do playback of Sasol 2020 app, last part of call imitates Spikeheeled Lark

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

Bird singing in the early morning from a fence post surrounded to flat open plains in the southern Karoo in late summer.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Bird singing early in the morning in the dawn chorus in late winter from open Karoo plains.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

A pair in low strandveld. Sang the first song from the ground, then launched into a circling, fluttering display flight about 30m above the ground.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Male seen singing in the early morning in mid summer from the top of a small bush on an open Karoo plain.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Typical call. Habitat of dry farmland sandy soil, flat terrain. Recording not modified.

Song included imitation notes of Anthus cinnamomeus. Habitat of dry grassland and dry ploughed farmland. Recording not modified.

A bird (possibly male) started giving this incredible mimetic song after I flushed it from a footpath. Mimicry includes various species occurring around it in the same strandveld habitat: Cape Weaver, Rock Kestrel, Grey-winged Francolin, Karoo Scrub-Robin, Cape Sparrow.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

Give several call imitations. Calling from low shrub. Light windy conditions

Two audio recordings from the encounter with the focal species were combined to create this audio clip. A 1 kHz high-pass filter was applied, and the audio normalized at -3 dB.

2 birds in loose soil area in veld near fence

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no