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Java Sparrow Sounds

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Hawaii, July 14, 1991Recorded by Doug Pratt

Sounds provided by Macaulay Library.
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Songs

A series of bell-like notes followed by trilling and clicking sounds, often ending with a long, drawn-out whistled weeeee. Song is rarely heard and given only by male.

Calls

Both sexes give a liquid-sounding tick note, singly or in a sputtering series.

Other Sounds

In captivity, males sometimes snap their bill during courtship displays, just before singing.

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