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Oecanthus

Genus · 111 recordings · 49 specimens

Contains

Oecanthus alexanderi0
Oecanthus allardi1
Oecanthus argentinus1
Oecanthus bakeri1
Oecanthus belti1
Oecanthus burmeisteri1
Oecanthus californicus1
Oecanthus capensis0
Oecanthus celerinictus1
Oecanthus dulcisonans2
Oecanthus euryelytra1
Oecanthus exclamationis0
Oecanthus forbesi1
Oecanthus fultoni3
Oecanthus henryi0
Oecanthus indicus4
Oecanthus jamaicensis0
Oecanthus karschi0
Oecanthus laricis1
Oecanthus latipennis2
Oecanthus leptogrammus1
Oecanthus lineolatus11
Oecanthus longicauda1
Oecanthus mhatreae0
Oecanthus neosimilis0
Oecanthus nigricornis2
Oecanthus niveus2
Oecanthus pallidus7
Oecanthus pellucens11
Oecanthus pictus41
Oecanthus pini2
Oecanthus quadripunctatus2
Oecanthus rileyi1
Oecanthus rufescens2
Oecanthus similator1
Oecanthus sp.1
Oecanthus sycomorus0
Oecanthus symesi1
Oecanthus texensis1
Oecanthus varicornis1
Oecanthus walkeri1

Recordings

593:1 Oecanthus (822r1) Various groups of insects2:51 · E. Sismondo
598:11 Oecanthus sp. (671r11)1:10 · E. Sismondo
600:1 Oecanthus pellucens (14r1)2:17 · David R. Ragge
899:23 Oecanthus pelluscens (1/4 speed) (112r20)0:35
899:24 Oecanthus pelluscens (112r21)0:37
135_5_Oecanthus pellucens1:32 · David R. Ragge
565_21_Oecanthus pellucens0:42
カンタン0:49
コガタカンタン0:50
ヒロバネカンタン0:49
チャイロカンタン0:50
インドカンタン1:07
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W110:41 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W140:21 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W121:16 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W100:29 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W090:02 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W080:43 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W070:27 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W061:09 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W040:18 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W030:29 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W021:25 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song W010:05 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R290:33 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R260:02 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R250:07 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R220:12 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R210:23 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R200:03 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R190:09 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R180:30 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R170:03 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R150:14 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R140:20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R130:36 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R120:39 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R110:29 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R090:01 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R081:19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Holotype Calling Song R070:55 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R060:31 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R050:23 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R040:42 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song R010:40 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG140:24 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG120:12 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG110:19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG100:46 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG090:12 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG070:19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG061:37 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus Paratype Calling Song GG05Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
male singing at Montelimar (Pacific coast of Nicaragua)0:15
trilling, 70 F (Wolverine Canyon, Bingham County, Idaho, USA, August 2012)0:12
Oecanthus bakeri OSF0:24
Male singing while actively pursuing a female0:23
Somalia, lab recording, January-March 1974, 29°C (Uher 4000 Report IC with Uher M 53, tape no.: CS_U07G)0:53
brown form, 73.4°F0:06
24.5 C0:13
lab recording, 1971, 22°C (Uher, tape no. CS_U01r)0:26
lab recording, 20°C, 30/10/2015 (Zoom-H4 digital recorder, sample rate 96 kHz)0:30
trilling, 79 F (2012 - southeast Wisconsin, USA)0:11
chirping - temp 66 F0:13
chirping - 78.2 F (August 2012, southeast Wisconsin, USA)0:11
Thailand, Loei, Phu Kradung, field recording, 27/5/1988 (Sony WM-D3 with Universum mono, tape: UX-PRO90, tape no. TH4/88:000-071)0:35
Thailand, Chon Buri, Pattaya, field recording, 9/9/1993, 26.5°C, darkness (Sony WM-D3 with small Sennheiser stereo. tape: Sony UX-S, tape no. SO5/93:274-314, microphone filter below 100 Hz)0:26
Thailand, Lampang, Doi Khun Tan, field recording, 16/9/1993, 3.5°C, darkness (Sony WM-D3 with small Sennheiser stereo, tape: Sony UX-S, tape no. SO6/93:159-182, microphone filter below 100 Hz)0:30
captive male indoors, 78 F0:07
25°C, call duration: 5 sec.0:05
trilling, 64.4°F (September 2012, Shaw Nature Reserve, Missouri, USA)0:32
with female very close (temperature 70's F, June 2013, Cerro Jesus, Nicaragua)0:20
field recording, 20/ii/2011, 21h, 23.5ºC (A1)0:30
field recording, 20/ii/2011, 21h30, 23.5ºC (A2)1:12
field recording, 20/ii/2011, 21h40, 23.5ºC (A3)1:12
field recording, 20/ii/2011, 22h, 22ºC (A4)0:11
field recording, 20/xi/2011, 21h, 25ºC (A5)0:45
field recording, 19/iii/2011, 20h, 14ºC (GG01)0:42
field recording, 19/iii/2011, 20h20, 14ºC (GG02)0:26
field recording, 19/iii/2011, 21h, 14ºC (GG03)0:16
field recording, 19/iii/2011, 21h30, 14ºC (GG04)0:51
field recording, 19/iii/2011, 21h50, 19ºC (GG08)0:07
field recording, 19/iii/2011, 19h30, 17ºC (R03)0:56
26°C, call duration: 5 sec.0:05
26°C, call duration: 5 sec. August 2013, southeast Wisconsin, USA0:05
Oecanthus niveus OSF0:11
field recording, 21/ii/2011, 21h, 23.5ºC (A6OEC)0:31
field recording, 21/ii/2011, 0h10, 16ºC (D02)1:23
field recording, 20/ii/2011, 21h40, 18ºC (R24)0:47
field recording, 23/iii/2011, 21h10, 22.5ºC (W05)0:38
field recording, 21/ii/2011, 21h40, 24ºC (W05A)0:37
field recording, 20/ii/2011, 21h30, 18ºC (GG13)1:37
field recording of holotype, 12/ii/2011, 0h02, 16ºC (GB01)2:20
lab recording, 20/9/1980, 22.5°C (Uher 4400IC, tape no. U21/80g)0:26
Montenegro, Durmitor, Donj Unac, lab recording, 11/8/1988, 27°C (Sony WM-D3 with Universum mono, tape: UX-ES90, tape no. YU8/88:219-261)0:33
Spain, Granada, Alpujarras, Pampaneira, lab recording, 7/8/1991 at 22.00 h, 23,8°C (Uher 4000 Report IC with Uher M 53, tape no. CS_U13R, high pass 500 Hz)0:14
trilling, 75.2 F August 2012 (Racine County, Wisconsin, USA)0:11
77 F (August 2012, southeast Wisconsin)0:43
chrirping at 75.6°F (September 2011, Florida Canyon, AZ, USA)0:18
field recording, 3/12/1981 at 20.45 h, approximately 24°C (Uher 4200IC with Uher M645, tape no. U22/81g)0:21

The first 100 of 111 recordings are listed here.

Specimens

Oecanthus NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211310
Oecanthus NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211311
Oecanthus pellucens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211312
Oecanthus pellucens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211313
Oecanthus pellucens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211314
Oecanthus pellucens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211315
Oecanthus pellucens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211316
Oecanthus pellucens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211317
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W11BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W14BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W12BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W10BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W09BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W08BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W07BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W06BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W04BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W03BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W02BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus W01BR · 2011-03-26 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R29BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R26BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R25BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R22BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R21BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R20BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R19BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R18BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R17BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R15BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R14BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R13BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R12BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R11BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R09BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R08BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R07BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R06BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R05BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R04BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus R01BR · 2011-03-19 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG14BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG12BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG11BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG10BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG09BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG07BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG06BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira
Oecanthus pictus MZUSP Oecanthus pictus GG05BR · 2011-03-20 · Neutzling A. S.; D.R. Redü; G.L. Oliveira

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