Deville Tanguy spent nine months working on the LuiKotale Bonobo Project in a remote location in DR Congo. He managed to get a good set of recordings from an area from which XC still has very little material. Among these was a first recording of Black-collared Lovebird. Tanguy is also an accomplished photographer, as the picture, taken from the top of a tree, shows. There are also some mystery recordings in this set. So help out if you can!
Recordings from deep inside DR Congo
© Deville Tanguy
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We've changed a few things: there is a separate counter for background IDs now, and in the forum you can filter on the various species groups. Hope this turns out to be useful.
... and coming on-site now: a set of around 1000 Orthoptera recordings by Dragan Chobanov from the Balkans and Mediterranean. Quite a few species new for XC there. Great stuff!
So cool!
52 species new for XC there. Brilliant.
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... just in: the 400th frog species! From the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, by Rodrigo dela Rosa. Very cool.
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Hello all, the site was unresponsive for a while there. Happened a number of times over the last few months. Sorry about that. After some detective work we (well, the IT people really) think we've eliminated a potential cause now. Let's see how we do.
... and another issue squashed. Maybe this one helps as well.
... we think it has helped. Let's see what the next issue will be :-)
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Awesome! Thanks very much as always!
I guess the separate counter for background ids does not hold for soundscape recordings?
.... I think all background ID's count Frank, including those on soundscapes. In any case they should :-)
I have now checked my recordings – approximately 140 soundscapes versus 104 background species. Seems they do not count ..
Ah sorry, it's background IDs. Finally it hits home :))
hmm, well, you're really supposed to name 1 bacground species for each soundscape, so something does not add up :-) Do all your background species appear as links?
All but a handful of mammals do appear als links.
Right. We'll have a look.
I'm not sure what exactly the term Background IDs means: Is it the number of different species? In that case, 104 could be correct. Or is it the number of listed background species - individual species are each time counted whenever they are noted as background?
... the idea is the latter, but not sure it works out that way for soundscapes. Pretty sure it does for single species recordings, just check some of the astronomical figures some recordists have notched up.
... can you have another look Frank?
Looks perfect, thank you very much!
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