LCR Bird Songs Flashcards
(54 cards)
Bewick’s Wren
BEWR
Like Song Sparrow but thinner, more rapid. Crickety
American Coot
AMCO
Meh-meh-meh
Crissal Thrasher
CRTH
Phainopepla
PHAI
Hi-hi-uh-hi-uh-hi (like a quick whistle)
Arizona Bell’s Vireo
BEVI
“Cheedle chee chee cheedle che chew”
Song Sparrow
SOSP
“maids, maids, maids, put on your teaaa-kettllle”
Common Galinule
COGA
Southern Tanager
SUTA
Piky-tucky-tuck-tucky-tuck-pik-a-tuck
Song is highly variable but generally consists of five or more phrases.
Yellow-breasted Chat
YBCH
wit, wit, wit, wit, wit, t, chee, chak, chak, chak,
Marsh Wren
MARW
Call is a repeated “tsk, tsk, tsk”
American Coot
AMCO
Meh-meh-meh
Phainopepla
PHAI
call an up-slurred “hoooeet”
Sonoran Yellow Warbler
YWAR
“sweet, sweet, little more sweet”
Southern Tanager
SUTA
Piky-tucky-tuck-tucky-tuck-pik-a-tuck
Common Yellowthroat
COYT
“witchedy, witchedy, witchedy, witch” tchep
Gila Woodpecker
GILA
rolling “churrrrrrr”
Song Sparrow
SOSP
“maids, maids, maids, put on your teaaa-kettllle”
Gila Woodpecker
GILA
rolling “churrrrrrr”
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
BTGN
t-t-t-ahh-t-t-t-t-ahhh; high pitched, screechy
Virginia Rail
VIRA
Female Song
Blue Grosbeak
BLGR
Up-down-up-down-up (Sounds like Yoda/house finch)
California Black Rail
BLRA
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
BTGN
t-t-t-ahh-t-t-t-t-ahhh; high pitched, screechy
Yuma Clapper Rail
CLRA
tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic, etc.