the sound was extracted from a video. no editing was done. the recording was made at the time the chicken was hatching. the adult was near the nest. the habitat is the coastal desert, just rocks and sand. one had two eggs are unhatched and the other had broken the shell and chicken peeped

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

A flock of c. 20 individuals perching in a dike between two salt-evaporating ponds; nervous and wary, kept making short flights and landing again while approached.