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Bronzed Cowbird Sounds

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Song (Bronzed)
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Texas, April 23, 1998Recorded by Matthew D. Medler / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, May 13, 1987Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library
Calls (Bronzed)
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Oaxaca, April 03, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library
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Oaxaca, April 03, 2019Recorded by Jay McGowan / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Displaying males sing much like Brown-headed Cowbirds but with a burrier quality: a halting series of liquid, rising whistles. They also give a liquid flight-whistle, similar to Brown-headed.

Calls

A harsh, low, jay-like tchuk.

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Compare the Brown-headed Cowbird Adult male to the Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Compare the Brown-headed Cowbird Female to the Bronzed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

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Compare the Shiny Cowbird Female to the Bronzed Cowbird

Compare the Brewer's Blackbird Adult male to the Bronzed Cowbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Compare the Brewer's Blackbird Female to the Bronzed Cowbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Compare the Common Grackle Adult male  to the Bronzed Cowbird

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Troupials and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Icteridae)

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