Boat-tailed Grackle Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Florida, March 04, 2007Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
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Florida, December 21, 2009Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Florida, December 21, 2009Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
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Florida, March 13, 2007Recorded by Martha Fischer / Macaulay Library
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Florida, March 04, 2007Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
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Florida, February 26, 2017Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Texas, March 24, 2008Recorded by Nathan Pieplow
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Florida, March 13, 2007Recorded by Martha Fischer / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 26, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 21, 1963Recorded by Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Boat-tailed Grackles have a variable song with harsh jeeb-jeeb-jeeb notes and low-pitched guttural rolls. Both males and females sing, though females do so only rarely.

Calls

Boat-tailed Grackles clack or scream at predators and approaching humans. The female makes a chattering call in the breeding season. Chut calls are given by either sex before and during flight, and whimpering cheat calls are given by amorous males.

Other Sounds

Males produce a rattling sound from their wing feathers in flight, particularly during aggressive interactions near colonies. They may also snap their bills.