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Lesser Black-backed Gull Sounds

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Virginia, September 23, 2019Recorded by Darrell Peterson | Macaulay Library
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Maine, June 16, 2011Recorded by Sarah MacLean | Macaulay Library
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Suðurland, June 06, 2018Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
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Faroe Islands, August 19, 2018Recorded by Svein Ole Mikalsen | Macaulay Library

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Calls

The most common call is a low, nasal khow, similar to other large gulls’ calls; also given in short series. The "long call” is a series of higher pitched, longer notes, shortening and descending as they progress, similar to the long call of Herring Gull. On breeding grounds, males and females give a great variety of calls in courtship and threat displays.

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