Greater Pewee Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Song (Mexican)
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Arizona, July 30, 2016Recorded by Jay McGowan | Macaulay Library
Dawn song (Mexican)
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Arizona, June 05, 2009Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
Calls (Mexican)
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Arizona, July 17, 2020Recorded by Ryan O'Donnell | Macaulay Library
Calls (Mexican)
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Arizona, May 06, 1991Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Calls (Mexican)
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Sonora, May 18, 2006Recorded by Benjamin Clock | Macaulay Library
Calls (Mexican)
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Arizona, May 10, 2009Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
Song (Central American)
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Santa Ana, November 27, 1975Recorded by Walter A. Thurber | Macaulay Library
Calls (Central American)
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Santa Ana, May 23, 1974Recorded by Walter A. Thurber | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing a tuneful, easily remembered ho-say ma-REE-ah! or José Maria that rises and falls in pitch with each note. Often, the ho-say is repeated several times in succession before the whole song is sung.

Calls

The most commonly heard call is a sharp, high pip, sometimes repeated rapidly two or three times; similar to calls of other pewee (Contopus) species.