Cassin's Kingbird Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Dawn song
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Arizona, June 04, 2009Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
Dawn song
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California, July 06, 2020Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Oaxaca, April 03, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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Oaxaca, March 29, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, May 11, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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New Mexico, May 23, 2020Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, May 11, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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Arizona, May 21, 2009Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males vocalize before and through dawn with what many birders call a “dawn song.” These vocalizations have tremendous variation, even in a single bird, and are used to attract a mate and to mark territory. The typical song is a series of scratchy, rolling notes that rise in pitch and emphasis at the end, lasting around 3 seconds.

Calls

Both sexes, but mostly males, give a quick, emphatic ti-bew or higher chi-queer, one of the more distinctive sounds of western landscapes. During territorial conflicts, males also give an incisive, shrill ki-dear, ki-dear, ki-dear.