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American Oystercatcher Sounds

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North Carolina, July 07, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Florida, May 07, 1984Recorded by Oliver H. Hewitt / Macaulay Library
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Florida, May 07, 1984Recorded by Oliver H. Hewitt / Macaulay Library
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Galápagos, January 08, 1984Recorded by Oliver H. Hewitt / Macaulay Library

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Calls

American Oystercatchers make several high-pitched, sharp, and incisive calls, usually written peep, pip, hueep, and weeer. These function as pairing, contact, and alarm calls; most are far-carrying in the open environments the birds inhabit.

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Oystercatchers(Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Haematopodidae)

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