Least Tern Sounds

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Virginia, July 27, 2019Recorded by Darrell Peterson | Macaulay Library
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Florida, May 01, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein | Macaulay Library
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Alabama, April 20, 1961Recorded by Robert C. Stein | Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 21, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein | Macaulay Library
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Florida, June 18, 1960Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland | Macaulay Library
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Florida, June 18, 1960Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland | Macaulay Library

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Calls

High-pitched, squeaky calls include a ki-dik heard frequently from flying birds, often those carrying fish, and various alarm calls, including zwreep, kit-kit-kit-kit, and a lower-pitched krowk. Nesting birds also give specialized calls at the colony, between parents or between adult and chick.