American Pipit Sounds

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Sounds

Song (rubescens Group)
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Wyoming, June 03, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library
Song (rubescens Group)
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Colorado, July 01, 2007Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
Calls (rubescens Group)
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New Hampshire, November 27, 2019Recorded by Christopher McPherson | Macaulay Library
Calls (rubescens Group)
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California, November 14, 2018Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library
Calls (rubescens Group)
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Montana, May 31, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library
Calls (rubescens Group)
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Montana, May 31, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library
Calls (rubescens Group)
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Alaska, June 30, 2010Recorded by Matthew D. Medler | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing a repeated chwee in flight (sometimes from the ground), with the delivery of notes quickening as the bird descends.

Calls

The most common call is a rising pi-pit, usually given by flying birds, either singly or in flocks. Males on the nesting grounds give a variety of similar calls (often in rapid series) when confronting rivals, warning females of danger, or arriving with food at the nest. Females give a quick series of wee calls when soliciting food from a mate and a soft peet when accepting the food.

Other Sounds

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Species in This Family

Wagtails and Pipits(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Motacillidae)

American Pipit

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