Canyon Towhee Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Texas, March 17, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, March 04, 2019Recorded by Darrell Peterson / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, April 08, 2019Recorded by Kevin Ebert / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, October 19, 1978Recorded by William W. H. Gunn / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, April 08, 2019Recorded by Kevin Ebert / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, February 17, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, March 14, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Texas, February 14, 2010Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library

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Songs

A typical Canyon Towhee song consists of 6-8 repeated, two-parted syllables, sounding like chili-chili-chili, lasting 1–2 seconds and often introduced by a call note. Within this basic structure there are many variations in the pattern and tempo.

Calls

The typical Canyon Towhee call note is a low-pitched, two-parted she-dup. Mated pairs also make a high, thin seep note to stay in touch with each other or in alarm, and nestlings that hear this note go quiet. A foraging pair periodically comes together and exchanges a string of these seep notes while facing each other, bobbing their heads, and fluffing feathers.