White-tailed Ptarmigan Sounds

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Sounds

Male calls
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Colorado, June 06, 1993Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Male calls
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Colorado, June 21, 1970Recorded by William W. H. Gunn | Macaulay Library
Female alarm calls
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Montana, June 27, 1961Recorded by Warren Y. Brockelman | Macaulay Library
Female alarm calls
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Montana, June 27, 1961Recorded by Warren Y. Brockelman | Macaulay Library
Male alarm calls
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Montana, June 27, 1961Recorded by Warren Y. Brockelman | Macaulay Library

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Songs

No song in the conventional sense, but males often deliver a so-called "flight scream," a short series of high, screeching clucks, given during aerial displays over territory.

Calls

White-tailed Ptarmigan are most vocal during the nesting season. Both sexes produce a series of nasal clucks and growls.

Other Sounds

Displaying males audibly drag their wingtips over the ground.

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Species in This Family

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

White-tailed Ptarmigan

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