Curve-billed Thrasher Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

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Texas, March 21, 2006Recorded by Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, June 09, 1970Recorded by William W. H. Gunn / Macaulay Library
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New Mexico, May 10, 2019Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
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New Mexico, April 03, 2019Recorded by Mike Andersen / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, May 26, 2001Recorded by Gregory Budney / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, February 15, 2019Recorded by Parker Davis / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, June 02, 1987Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, October 17, 2020Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library
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Arizona, May 21, 1977Recorded by Freda Hostottle / Macaulay Library

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Songs

Curve-billed Thrashers sing a pleasant, highly variable ditty composed of repeated notes in short, often staccato phrases, some soft but many sounding more grating or harsh. In the eastern population, singing Curve-billeds regularly include imitations of other songbirds’ calls.

Calls

The whit-wheet, or double whistle, sometimes described as the whistle of someone hailing a taxi, is the most common call. Other calls, usually heard during the nesting season, include a wrenlike fuss and a low chuk.