Common Pauraque Sounds

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Texas, April 28, 2008Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
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Guanacaste, May 17, 1993Recorded by David L. Ross, Jr. | Macaulay Library
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Bahia, May 17, 2020Recorded by Allisson Cafeseiro | Macaulay Library
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Veracruz, March 27, 1953Recorded by L. Irby Davis | Macaulay Library
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Texas, April 28, 2008Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
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Antioquia, December 22, 2019Recorded by Andrés M. Cuervo | Macaulay Library
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Distrito Federal, February 27, 2020Recorded by F Fernandes | Macaulay Library
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Nuevo León, April 07, 2019Recorded by Patrick Van Thull | Macaulay Library

Songs

Males in Texas sing a repeated per-weer or more excited-sounding pur pur perp pur-wheeeeeer! during dusk and nighttime.

Low, guttural calls sounding like croaks, gargles, and growls, especially between males in conflict.

Sometimes snaps the bill audibly when agitated.

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