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American Woodcock

Overview
ID Info
Life History
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Sounds

American Woodcock Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Song
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Maryland, February 27, 1998Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
Song
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Ontario, May 10, 1958Recorded by William W. H. Gunn | Macaulay Library
Flight display
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New JerseyRecorded by George B. Reynard | Macaulay Library
Agonistic calls
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Ontario, April 01, 1952Recorded by William W. H. Gunn | Macaulay Library

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Calls

Displaying males give a repeated, buzzy, nasal peent while on the ground between flights. In the air, a displaying male chirps melodically for as long as 15 seconds as he zigzags downward from the apex of his display flight.

Other Sounds

As the male spirals upward into the sky during his display flight, his wings make a twittering sound produced by air passing through three narrow outer primaries. This sound may also occur during other activities.

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