These tape recordings were made as part of a general study of the behavioral ecology of 10 taxa of red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus) and 29 other taxa of African monkeys mainly Cercopithecus but including Colobus Cercocebus Lophocebus and the rare Allochrocebus preussi (referred to as Cercopithecus lhoesti on tape) whoop ooo call a contagious loud call given by adult males of Cameroon just before sunset. Recordings were made in the following countries and localities: Narangs Forest Senegal; Tai Forest Ivory Coast; Korup Forest Cameroon; Dja Reserve Cameroon; Idenau Forest Cameroon; Bioko Island Equatorial Guinea; Ituri Forest Democratic Republic of Congo; Virunga National Park (Ruwenzori Mountains foothills) DRC; Kibale Forest Uganda; Mbizi Forest Tanzania; Magombero Forest Tanzania; Jozani Forest Zanzibar Island Tanzania; Tana River forests Kenya. Recordings in this collection were made between 1969 and 1992. All narration on these tapes is in English.
The original tapes have been digitized into either an mp3 or wav format. Those in the wav format were done by Mr. Matthew Medler of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
The original tapes have been digitized into either an mp3 or wav format. Those in the wav format were done by Mr. Matthew Medler of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.