Island Scrub-Jay Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls
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California, October 26, 2019Recorded by Henry Burton / Macaulay Library
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California, August 27, 2017Recorded by James (Jim) Holmes / Macaulay Library
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California, September 22, 2019Recorded by Eduardo Jimenez / Macaulay Library
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California, August 25, 2002Recorded by Tim Burr / Macaulay Library
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California, August 25, 2002Recorded by Tim Burr / Macaulay Library
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California, August 24, 2002Recorded by Tim Burr / Macaulay Library
Whisper song
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California, January 06, 2009Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Scrub-Jays do not sing a loud, structured, regularly repeated song from a prominent perch like most other songbird species. Instead, both females and males quietly sing (or "whisper") a stream of random, raspy warbles from inconspicuous spots in their territory during spring and summer.

Calls

Both sexes give loud, harsh calls, including raspy single notes and long “shek-shek-shek” series. Only females produce a rattle call—a rapid series of clicks often followed by a few warbling notes.