Oak Titmouse Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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California, March 23, 2013Recorded by Nathaniel Young / Macaulay Library
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California, January 15, 2017Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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California, May 30, 1995Recorded by Gregory Budney / Macaulay Library
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California, April 16, 2012Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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California, October 27, 2019Recorded by Paul Fenwick / Macaulay Library
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California, March 01, 2019Recorded by James (Jim) Holmes / Macaulay Library
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California, September 26, 2019Recorded by Paul Fenwick / Macaulay Library
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California, January 04, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow

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Songs

Oak Titmice males sing several songs, all involving sharp, robust notes, both high and low, in repeated sequences with a steady tempo. Males sing infrequently in the nonbreeding season, singing more and more as spring approaches. Females are capable of singing but do so only rarely.

Calls

Males and females are highly vocal, chattering from elevated perches mostly to defend territories from other Oak Titmice. These calls include both high- and low-pitched notes, some shrill and some scratchy. Oak Titmice also make lisping notes during foraging, hissing and puffing sounds to defend the nest, twittering during courtship, and shrill notes when flushed from a roost.