Roadside Hawk Sounds

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Life History
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Sounds

Calls (Northern)
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Guanacaste, July 29, 1997Recorded by David L. Ross, Jr. / Macaulay Library
Calls (Northern)
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Puntarenas, August 11, 1997Recorded by David L. Ross, Jr. / Macaulay Library
Calls (Northern)
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Barinas, January 20, 1963Recorded by Paul A. Schwartz / Macaulay Library
Calls (Southern)
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Formosa, March 15, 2014Recorded by Natxo Areta / Macaulay Library
Calls (Southern)
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Formosa, February 23, 2014Recorded by Natxo Areta / Macaulay Library
Calls (Southern)
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Tocantins, September 05, 2010Recorded by Natxo Areta / Macaulay Library
Calls (Cozumel I.)
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Quintana Roo, March 20, 1979Recorded by Robert B. Waide / Macaulay Library
Calls (Cozumel I.)
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Quintana Roo, October 28, 1991Recorded by Andres M Sada / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Both sexes frequently give a nasal, whining call that lasts about a second. Another common call is a series of short nasal notes, sometimes given simultaneously by both sexes, that can extend for 20 seconds or more.

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