Seaside Sparrow Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Song (Atlantic)
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New Jersey, May 04, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Song (Atlantic)
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New Jersey, May 31, 2003Recorded by Randolph Little / Macaulay Library
Complex song (Atlantic)
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New Jersey, March 19, 2020Recorded by Tom Johnson / Macaulay Library
Song (Gulf of Mexico)
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Florida, February 28, 2007Recorded by Martha Fischer / Macaulay Library
Song (Gulf of Mexico)
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Texas, March 15, 2020Recorded by David Sarkozi cc / Macaulay Library
Complex song (Gulf of Mexico)
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Texas, January 27, 1988Recorded by Greg Lasley / Macaulay Library
Song (Cape Sable)
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Florida, March 07, 2007Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
Chip calls
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Virginia, June 02, 2020Recorded by Darrell Peterson / Macaulay Library
Chip calls
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New Jersey, July 25, 1960Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland / Macaulay Library
Tink calls
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South Carolina, May 03, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
Tink calls
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Florida, June 24, 1960Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Florida, December 01, 2009Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Flight calls
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New Jersey, January 15, 2020Recorded by Tom Reed / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing a short, buzzy, rising trill introduced by a brief introductory note. The pattern recalls a quiet or muffled version of a Red-winged Blackbird's song. Females sometimes give this song after mating. Males also give a flight song, introduced by a series of sputtering call notes, with the regular song given as they reach the highest point in their flight before dropping down.

Calls

The most commonly heard calls are short and rather flat: stip, tuk, tchi, and tseep. They also have various chattering and whinnying calls heard only during the nesting season.