Loggerhead Shrike Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Colorado, April 27, 2011Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
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Colorado, April 27, 2011Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
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Colorado, April 27, 2011Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
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Colorado, April 27, 2011Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library
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Arizona, July 19, 2005Recorded by Benjamin Clock | Macaulay Library
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Arizona, January 19, 2020Recorded by Parker Davis | Macaulay Library
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Florida, November 11, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Loggerhead Shrikes sing quiet songs composed of a rhythmic series of short trills, rasps, and buzzes mixed with clear, often descending notes. Both males and females perform a territory song, similar to the spring song but rougher and harsher.

Calls

Both sexes utter a variety of muttered trills, stutters and scolds.

Other Sounds

When defending nest sites or when fledglings are dangerously close to predators, female Loggerhead Shrikes rapidly click their bills to produce a staccato sound.