Least Flycatcher Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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New York, May 26, 2020Recorded by Glen Chapman / Macaulay Library
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New York, May 25, 2020Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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New York, May 14, 2020Recorded by Brad Walker / Macaulay Library
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Illinois, May 12, 2020Recorded by Matt Wistrand / Macaulay Library
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Maine, June 04, 1962Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
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New York, May 01, 2004Recorded by Gregory Budney / Macaulay Library

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Songs

The song of the Least Flycatcher is a very short and distinctive, dry chebec given by males and sometimes females that sounds more like a call. The song consists of two notes that each last less than a quarter of a second. They repeat each song, sometimes singing as many as 60 chebecs per minute.

Calls

Males and females whit softly while feeding and attending to the nest. When they feel threatened the whit becomes louder and more emphatic. During more aggressive encounters they make a high-hitched weep.