Steller's Jay Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls (Coastal)
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Oregon, March 19, 1989Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Calls (Coastal)
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California, May 31, 2001Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Calls (Coastal)
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California, June 04, 1992Recorded by Randolph Little | Macaulay Library
Calls (Coastal)
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California, June 02, 2000Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
Whisper song (Coastal)
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Alaska, May 02, 1970Recorded by Leonard J. Peyton | Macaulay Library
Calls (Central American)
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Nueva Segovia, June 03, 2016Recorded by Mark Robbins | Macaulay Library
Calls (Central American)
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Chiapas, March 16, 1961Recorded by L. Irby Davis | Macaulay Library
Calls (Central American)
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Guatemala, March 20, 1962Recorded by L. Irby Davis | Macaulay Library
Calls (Central American)
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Oaxaca, March 17, 2015Recorded by Andrew Spencer | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males and sometimes females sing a quiet series of whistled, gurgled, and, popping sounds that they string together. This song is most frequently heard during courtship.

Calls

Steller's Jays give a loud and repeated shook shook shook shook call year-round, in flight, while perched, and during aggressive interactions. They also make a variety of guttural sounds and a harsh, nasal sounding growl. Sometimes they mimics birds, mammals, and other sounds in their environment. Researchers have heard them imitating squirrels, Northern Flickers, Northern Goshawks, White-breasted Nuthatches, and mechanical sounds such as water sprinklers.