Sharp-tailed Grouse Sounds

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North Dakota, April 08, 2007Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, April 30, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Colorado, April 30, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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South Dakota, August 20, 2012Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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South Dakota, August 20, 2012Recorded by Nathan Pieplow

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Songs

No song.

Calls

The low cooing of displaying males is made by air passing through the syrinx and amplified by inflated air sacs in the neck. It is used to attract females to the lek, and less often after females have arrived at the lek. Displaying males also cluck (also made by females), bark, make a sound like a popping cork, gobble, and whine. Chicks give high-pitched peeping sounds when distressed.

Other Sounds

Displaying males stamp their feet rapidly, producing a purring sound, and manipulate their tail feathers rapidly, producing a clicking sound.

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Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies(Order: Galliformes, Family: Phasianidae)

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