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Montezuma Quail Sounds

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Song (Montezuma)
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Texas, May 11, 1993Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Calls (Montezuma)
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Jalisco, June 19, 1957Recorded by L. Irby Davis | Macaulay Library
Calls (Montezuma)
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Arizona, May 05, 2015Recorded by Paul Marvin | Macaulay Library
Calls (Montezuma)
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Texas, May 11, 1993Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Song a descending whistle combined with a buzz.

Calls

Often silent. Females give a quavering, descending series of metallic whistles with an otherworldly quality; males give a similarly strange buzzy descending whistle that might be mistaken for an insect. Foraging coveys give soft, chicken-like purring, clucking, and moaning sounds.

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