Whimbrel Sounds

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Sounds

Song (Hudsonian)
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Manitoba, June 17, 1996Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Song and calls (Hudsonian)
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Alaska, May 29, 2007Recorded by Michael Andersen | Macaulay Library
Calls (Hudsonian)
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Alaska, June 15, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn | Macaulay Library
Calls (Hudsonian)
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Alaska, June 08, 2006Recorded by Michael Andersen | Macaulay Library
Song (European)
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Finnmark, May 23, 1998Recorded by Roger Charters | Macaulay Library
Calls (European)
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Finnmark, May 29, 2010Recorded by Roger Charters | Macaulay Library
Calls (European)
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Finnmark, July 03, 1996Recorded by Roger Charters | Macaulay Library
Calls (European)
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Finnmark, May 23, 1998Recorded by Roger Charters | Macaulay Library

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Songs

Males in aerial display deliver a song comprised of staccato, sputtering rising whistles.

Calls

Flying Whimbrels often give a series of mellow, piping whistles, all on the same pitch, very similar to other curlews, and a soft, whistled cur-lee. Birds in courtship or conflict (or simply in contact) on the breeding grounds also deliver a more whining or screaming whistle, wee-ee. Many other low whistles and trills are also heard on the breeding grounds.

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