Tropical Kingbird Sounds

Overview
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Life History
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Sounds

Dawn song (Northern vocal group)
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Arizona, June 05, 1987Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library
Song (Northern vocal group)
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Baja California Sur, July 13, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
Calls (Northern vocal group)
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Sonora, July 02, 2010Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
Calls (Northern vocal group)
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Texas, May 05, 2008Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Song (Southern vocal group)
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Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo, November 17, 2013Recorded by Brian O'Shea / Macaulay Library
Calls (Southern vocal group)
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February 09, 1956Recorded by William W. H. Gunn / Macaulay Library

Sounds provided by Macaulay Library.
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Songs

In the hours before sunrise, males sing a stuttering, syncopated series of high trills and twittering calls, pit prrrrr pit pit prrrr. This song is delivered year-round in some places, often from a concealed perch. It is simpler, less raspy and more even in pitch than the song of the very similar-looking Couch’s Kingbird.

Calls

The most commonly heard call is a high, thin twitter given by both sexes, often when they reunite at the nest site or attack an intruder in the territory.