Animal Vocalizations Flashcards
(136 cards)
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Canada Goose
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Greater White-fronted Goose
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Mallard
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Gadwall
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Green-winged Teal
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American Wigeon
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California Quail
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Egret
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Snowy Egret
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Black-crowned Night-heron
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Osprey
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Northern Harrier
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Red-shouldered Hawk
high, clear, screaming keeyuur keeyuur, repeated steadily
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Red-tailed Hawk
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Virginia Rail
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American Coot
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Black-bellied Plover
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Semipalmated Plover
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Killdeer
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Black-necked Stilt
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Willet
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Greater Yellowlegs
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Whimbrel
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Long-billed Curlew
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Marbled Godwit
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Least Sandpiper
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Long-billed Dowitcher
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Short-billed Dowitcher
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Red-necked Phalarope
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Ring-billed Gull
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California Gull
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Western Gull
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Elegant Tern
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Caspian Tern
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Forster's Tern
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Band-tailed Pigeon
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Mourning Dove
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Great Horned Owl
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Common Poorwill
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White-throated Swift
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Anna's Hummingbird
## Footnote
scratchy, thin, and dry *sturee sturee sturee, scrrrr, zveeee, street street*
explosive buzz/squeak *tewk*
very high, sharp *stit*
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Allen's Hummingbird
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Rufous Hummingbird
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Belted Kingfisher
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Lewis's Woodpecker
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Acorn Woodpecker
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Red-breasted Sapsucker
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Nuttall's Woodpecker
## Footnote
sharp, rising two- or three-note *pitik* (occasionally a single-note *pik*)
level and steady *pitikikik*
drum steady, medium speed, relatively long
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Hairy Woodpecker
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Downy Woodpecker
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Northern Flicker
## Footnote
high, piercing, clear *keew*
long, strong, relatively low-pitched series *kwikwikwikwi*... continued steadily for up to 15 seconds
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Olive-sided Flycatcher
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Western Wood-peewee
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Pacific-slope Flycatcher
## Footnote
three phrases repeated in sequence: a high, sharp *tsip*; a thin, high, slurred *klseewii*; and an explosive *ptik*
very high, thin, slurred whistle; *tseeweep* or *tsweep*
very high, short *tseet*
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Black Phoebe
## Footnote
two high, thin whistled phrases usually alternated *sisee, sitsew, sisee, sitsew...*
high, thin whistled *tseew*
simple, high, clear *chip*
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Ash-throated Flycatcher
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Hutton's Vireo
## Footnote
simple whistled phrases repeated every 1-2 seconds, each phrase repeated many times before switching to another phrase *trrweer, trrweer, trrweer,... tsuwiif, tsuwiif*
nasal, rising *reeee dee de*
high, harsh mewing and a dry *pik*
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Warbling Vireo
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Loggerhead Shrike
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Steller's Jay
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American Crow
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Common Raven
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Tree Swallow
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Violet-green Swallow
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Barn Swallow
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Cliff Swallow
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Oak Titmouse
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee
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Bushtit
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
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White-breasted Nuthatch
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Pygmy Nuthatch
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Brown Creeper
## Footnote
very high, quavering *sreee*, always single, with relaxed, liquid quality
cascading series of very high, thin notes; usually ends on a high note *seee sitsweeda sowit-see* ("trees trees pretty little trees")
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House Wren
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Pacific Wren
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Bewick's Wren
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Marsh Wren
## Footnote
a few chattering or whining notes followed by a complex mechanical, rattling trill on one pitch
low, dry *tek*
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
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Wrentit
## Footnote
series of clear, popping whistles *pwip pwip pwip pwip pwip* (slow, regular, short series) or *pwid pwid pwidwidrdrdrdrdr* (accelerating)
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Western Bluebird
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Hermit Thrush
## Footnote
ethereal, fluting, without clear rising or falling trend; begins with a long whistle followed by two or three higher twirling phrases fading at end
low, soft, dry *chup*
clear, plaintive whistle *pee*
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Swainson's Thrush
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American Robin
## Footnote
series of low, whistled phrases, given in slow steady tempo, with liquid quality typical of thrushes (cheer-up, cheerily, cheer-up, cheerily)
low, mellow *pup* or a sharp, clucking *piik*
very high, thin *tseeew* or shorter *seew*
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Varied Thrush
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Northern Mockingbird
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California Thrasher
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Phainopepla
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European Starling
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American Pipit
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Cedar Waxwing
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Orange-crowned Warbler
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Townsend's Warbler
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Black-throated Gray Warbler
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Common Yellowthroat
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Wilson's Warbler
## Footnote
rapid series of 10-15 short, sharp, whistled notes *chchchchchchchch* with chattery quality; last few notes usually lower and faster
husky, sharp *jimp*
clear, abrupt *tilk*
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Spotted Towhee
## Footnote
simple buzzy trill *che zheeeee* or *chzchzchzchzchz*
harsh, rising, growling *zhreeee*
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California Towhee
## Footnote
accelerating series of high, flat *teek* notes, sometimes with lower notes near end: *teek teek teek eek eekeekeekeek t-t-t-t-teek*
high, hard, flat *teek*
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Lark Sparrow
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Savannah Sparrow
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Lincoln's Sparrow
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Song Sparrow
## Footnote
variable series of trills and clear notes with slightly husky quality and pleasant gentle rhythm; begins with several short, sharp notes, usually one long trill in middle of song (Madge-Madge-Madge, put-on-your-tea-kettle-ettle-ettle)
distinctive, husky *jimp*
high, thin, level *seeet*
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Grasshopper Sparrow
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Fox Sparrow
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White-crowned Sparrow
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Dark-eyed Junco
## Footnote
short trill
sharp buzzy *tzeet*; also high, tinkling chips when flushed *taititit tit*
series of high, clear *keew* notes
very high, hard, smacking *stip*
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Western Tanager
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Black-headed Grosbeak
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Lazuli Bunting
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Western Meadowlark
## Footnote
rich, low, descending warble *sleep loo lidi lidijuvi*; begins with well-spaced, clear, short whistles and ends with rapid gurgle
low, bell-like *pluk*
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Red-winged Blackbird
## Footnote
several liquid introductory notes followed by variable, harsh, gurgling trill *kon-ka-reeeee*; explosive, harsh rattle
low, dry *chek*
high, clear, descending *teeeew*
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Brewer's Blackbird
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Brown-headed Cowbird
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Bullock's Oriole
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Purple Finch
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House Finch
## Footnote
varied warble; generally begins with husky, whistled notes and ends with slightly lower, burry notes; steady tempo with distinct downward trend
soft, husky *vweet*, rising
soft, mellow *fillp*
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American Goldfinch
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Lesser Goldfinch
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Pine Siskin
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House Sparrow
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*Pseudacris regilla*
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*Canis latrans*
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*Sciurus griseus*
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*Otospermophilus beecheyi*
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Clapper Rail
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Eurasian Collared-Dove
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Golden-crowned Sparrow
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Horned Lark
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Sandhill Crane
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Sora
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Tricolored Blackbird
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Western Scrub-jay
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Yellow-billed Magpie
