Pectoral Sandpiper Sounds

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Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Alaska, July 28, 2007Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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El Beni, August 30, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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South Dakota, August 21, 1961Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 05, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 20, 2006Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
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El Beni, August 30, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 12, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 12, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 12, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 03, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Courtship song is a hollow hooting, interspersed with growling and squawking notes.

Calls

Flushed and flying birds often give a low, sharp churt that is easily remembered once learned and very different from most other shorebirds’ calls. Males courting females on the ground deliver a strange set of grating growls and higher-pitched squawks.

Other Sounds

The male’s flight display is accompanied by a rapidly repeated, low-pitched hooting sound that some consider a “song,” as it functions to attract mates and mark a display territory. The sound is produced as males deflate air sacs beneath the breast plumage, forcing out the air.