Long-billed Thrasher Sounds

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Sounds

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Texas, April 29, 2008Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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San Luis Potosí, December 31, 2005Recorded by Nathan Pieplow / Macaulay Library
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Texas, April 17, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Texas, December 17, 2017Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Texas, April 17, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Texas, April 29, 2008Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Texas, April 17, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing a song similar to a Brown Thrasher's, a rich, warbling set of phrases, with many harsh notes and with many notes repeated 2 to 4 times per phrase.

Calls

A low, scolding chzzz and a sharp tchuk that sound very similar to the common calls of Brown Thrasher. Also makes a descending kleak, a whistled cheeooep, and a rising toe-ree.

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Mockingbirds and Thrashers(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Mimidae)

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