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Saltmarsh Sparrow Sounds

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Life History
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Sounds

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Maine, July 03, 2000Recorded by Gregory Budney / Macaulay Library
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Maine, June 11, 2010Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Connecticut, June 01, 2017Recorded by Severin Uebbing / Macaulay Library
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New Jersey, October 19, 2001Recorded by Michael O'Brien

Sounds provided by Macaulay Library.
Listen to more sounds of this species from the ML archive.

Songs

Males sing a variable medley of quiet phrases and call notes that perhaps include imitations of other bird species. They sing from a perch in the saltmarsh or while flying between perches, and the song may last a few seconds to more than a minute. It is apparently only given when a female is nearby, not to mark territory.

Calls

This species has a variety of call notes, all short, many of them used only during the breeding season. Most often heard by birders are incisive, relatively high chip notes that sound like tsip, tic, or tuc.

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Species in This Family

New World Sparrows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Passerellidae)

Rufous-winged Sparrow

Botteri's Sparrow

Cassin's Sparrow

Bachman's Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Black-chinned Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow

Five-striped Sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Yellow-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Harris's Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Sagebrush Sparrow

LeConte's Sparrow

Seaside Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Saltmarsh Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Baird's Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

California Towhee

Rufous-crowned Sparrow

Green-tailed Towhee

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