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Northern Rough-winged Swallow Sounds

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Calls (Northern)
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Oregon, May 30, 2008Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
Calls (Northern)
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Calls (Northern)
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Oregon, May 30, 2008Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
Calls (Northern)
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Oregon, May 30, 2008Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
Song (Northern)
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Colorado, April 24, 2011Recorded by Nathan Pieplow

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Songs

Its rarely heard song is faint, gurgling, and hoarse sounding.

Calls

Generally quiet, except during nest building and egg laying, when they give a soft, slightly rising liquid churt.

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Species in This Family

Swallows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Hirundinidae)

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