Roseate Spoonbill Sounds

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Florida, March 04, 2007Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
Calls
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Guárico, April 02, 1963Recorded by Paul A. Schwartz / Macaulay Library
Chick calls
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Florida, March 04, 2007Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
Chick calls
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Florida, December 30, 1952Recorded by Arthur A. Allen / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Roseate Spoonbills are usually silent except at the breeding colonies. There, they make low grunting sounds when they are startled, while greeting their mates, and while feeding their young.

Other Sounds

Courting birds softly click their bills together to make a faint rattling sound.

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Species in This Family

Ibises and Spoonbills(Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Threskiornithidae)

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