Canyon Wren Sounds

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California, May 29, 2002Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Female song
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Colorado, May 27, 2012Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
Duet
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Colorado, May 27, 2012Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
Calls
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Oaxaca, May 31, 1961Recorded by L. Irby Davis | Macaulay Library
Calls
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California, May 06, 2002Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Both male and female sing, a lovely series of sweet, liquid notes that descends and slows, trailing off in a series of doubled notes, often finished with a mewling call note or two. Female songs are often shorter and less rich sounding than male songs. Males sometimes sing in winter.

Calls

A scratchy-sounding tsee. Subtle variations of this call probably serve as contact and alarm calls. When a male sings, the female partner often begins a series of calls during his song, in duet.

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Wrens(Order: Passeriformes, Family:Troglodytidae)

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