Bell's Vireo Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Song (Arizona)
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Arizona, June 14, 1998Recorded by Curtis Marantz | Macaulay Library
Calls (Arizona)
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Arizona, May 05, 1991Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library
Complex song (Eastern)
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Texas, May 17, 2009Recorded by Andrew Spencer
Calls (Eastern)
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Texas, May 29, 2013Recorded by Andrew Spencer

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Songs

The primary song is a hurried, scratchy cheedle cheedle chee? cheedle cheedle chew! —easily remembered by its two-part structure, a rising question followed by a definitive answer. Males sing incessantly during the breeding season, females very rarely. Young male Bell’s Vireos also give a quiet, rambling version of the song late in the breeding season, almost as if practicing their singing. This is true of many vireo species.

Calls

Bell’s Vireo has numerous calls. Most often heard is a fast, nasal, scolding alarm call, which sounds wrenlike. Other calls associated with conflict or contact include zip, churt, chim, and a high, piercing squeal.