Western Gull Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Long calls
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Oregon, May 27, 1995Recorded by Gregory Budney | Macaulay Library
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California, September 29, 2012Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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California, March 29, 2012Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
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Washington, July 25, 1961Recorded by Charles A. Sutherland | Macaulay Library
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California, July 13, 1986Recorded by Thomas G. Sander | Macaulay Library
Juvenile calls
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California, November 16, 2018Recorded by James (Jim) Holmes | Macaulay Library

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Calls

The most commonly heard call is a low, piercing keow, similar to other large gulls’ calls; also a low cow-cow-cow. The “long call” is a series of higher-pitched, longer notes, shortening and descending as they progress, that closely resemble calls of Glaucous-winged and Herring Gull. On breeding grounds, males and females give a great variety of calls in courtship and threat displays.