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American White Pelican Sounds

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Louisiana, March 15, 1986Recorded by Ted Parker | Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
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Montana, July 02, 1961Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
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Montana, July 02, 1961Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library

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Calls

Adults are usually silent. In aggressive and sexual encounters at the colony site, they emit frequent low, brief grunts. Chick embryos squawk before hatching to express discomfort if conditions get too hot or cold. The begging calls (described as a "whining grunt") of hundreds of older young in the colony can be raucous..

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Pelicans(Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Pelecanidae)

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