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Gull-billed Tern Sounds

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California, April 18, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 19, 1955Recorded by Donald S. McChesney / Macaulay Library
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Florida, May 01, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library

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Call a slightly upslurred "kay-wek."

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