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Bicknell's Thrush

Overview
ID Info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Bicknell's Thrush Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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New York, May 28, 1996Recorded by Wil Hershberger | Macaulay Library
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New York, June 15, 2012Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
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New York, June 19, 2009Recorded by Matthew D. Medler | Macaulay Library
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New York, June 07, 2011Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
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Independencia, April 17, 1973Recorded by George B. Reynard | Macaulay Library
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New York, July 13, 1960Recorded by William W. H. Gunn | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males (occasionally females) sing a four-phrased, fluting song with a whirling quality. The last phrase rises in pitch (or remains the same in pitch), unlike Gray-cheeked Thrush’s song, in which the end phrase falls in pitch. The songs of these two closely related species are otherwise very similar in quality.

Calls

The most often heard call note is a rather harsh veer or queep. The nocturnal flight call is similar and generally higher in pitch than that of Gray-cheeked Thrush. Agitated birds on the nesting grounds sometimes give growling or fussing calls. Adults give a soft single or double chuk as a contact call.

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Species in This Family

Thrushes and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Turdidae)

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