Townsend's Warbler Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Alaska, May 16, 2017Recorded by Lucas DeCicco / Macaulay Library
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Alaska, June 01, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Washington, June 23, 1990Recorded by Dave Herr / Macaulay Library
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Washington, May 07, 2012Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Dawn song
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Washington, July 13, 1961Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland / Macaulay Library
Chip calls
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Oregon, June 01, 1990Recorded by Thomas G. Sander / Macaulay Library
Tink calls
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Alaska, August 27, 2013Recorded by Lucas DeCicco / Macaulay Library
Flight calls
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California, October 19, 2018Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males sing two song types. The primary song is a buzzy weazy weazy weazy tweea with ending notes on a higher pitch. A secondary song can be rendered swee swee swee zee and is heard mostly when males “countersing” (exchange songs) with rivals on the breeding grounds. Males sing occasionally during migration and sometimes in late winter before migration.