Lark Bunting Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Song
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Colorado, May 08, 2013Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Song
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Colorado, May 08, 2013Recorded by Wil Hershberger / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Arizona, July 28, 2016Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Arizona, February 09, 2012Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Nebraska, June 13, 1990Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library
Flight calls
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Colorado, July 26, 2015Recorded by Nathan Pieplow / Macaulay Library

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Songs

In spring and summer, males sing two different songs, both composed of repeated notes—given either slowly and distinctly or more rapidly, as trills. Songs are delivered in distinct phrases and can last up to 8 seconds. Males arrive on the breeding territory, ahead of the females; they tend to sing an “aggressive flight song,” marked by harsher notes and by pauses between phrases. As males establish territories and pairs form, males switch to singing a sweeter, faster song, from a perch or in flight.

Calls

The most common call note, often given by birds in flight, is a distinctive, gentle hweee, given by both sexes. Parents returning to the nest give a chittering call and while feeding young give a whert call. Begging young sometimes give an insectlike buzzy call.