Steller's Jay Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Alaska, May 02, 1970Recorded by Leonard J. Peyton / Macaulay Library
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California, June 04, 1992Recorded by Randolph Little / Macaulay Library
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California, April 17, 2012Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, March 15, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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California, April 28, 1987Recorded by Thomas G. Sander / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, March 09, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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Alaska, June 04, 2014Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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California, April 16, 2020Recorded by Paul Fenwick / Macaulay Library
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California, February 08, 2017Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, May 04, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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Nueva Segovia, June 03, 2016Recorded by Mark Robbins / Macaulay Library
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Chiapas, March 16, 1961Recorded by L. Irby Davis / Macaulay Library
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Guatemala, March 20, 1962Recorded by L. Irby Davis / Macaulay Library
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Oaxaca, March 17, 2015Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males and sometimes females sing a quiet series of whistled, gurgled, and, popping sounds that they string together. This song is most frequently heard during courtship.

Calls

Steller's Jays give a loud and repeated shook shook shook shook call year-round, in flight, while perched, and during aggressive interactions. They also make a variety of guttural sounds and a harsh, nasal sounding growl. Sometimes they mimics birds, mammals, and other sounds in their environment. Researchers have heard them imitating squirrels, Northern Flickers, Northern Goshawks, White-breasted Nuthatches, and mechanical sounds such as water sprinklers.