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Pacific-slope Flycatcher Sounds

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Alaska, May 29, 2013Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
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California, June 29, 2019Recorded by Bruce Rideout | Macaulay Library
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California, April 14, 1954Recorded by William R. Fish | Macaulay Library
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Alaska, May 30, 2013Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing a high-pitched, three-part ps-SEET ptsick tseet!

Calls

The most commonly heard calls are a sweet, upslurred peeWEET! (male) and a high-pitched, short, sibilant tsip (female).

Other Sounds

Males sometimes snap bills loudly at other males that enter the territory.

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