Swainson's Warbler Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Song
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West Virginia, May 09, 2016Recorded by Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library
Song
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New Jersey, April 22, 2019Recorded by Tom Johnson / Macaulay Library
Flight song
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Virginia, June 15, 2017Recorded by Kelly Krechmer / Macaulay Library
Chip calls
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Louisiana, May 09, 2020Recorded by Daniel Lane / Macaulay Library
Calls
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West Virginia, April 29, 1957Recorded by William W. H. Gunn / Macaulay Library
Flight calls
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Quintana Roo, December 31, 2017Recorded by Andrew Spencer / Macaulay Library

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Songs

The primary song, sung by males, is a loud, cascading teer, teer, teer, we-tee-widow, or similar, often likened to the song of Louisiana Waterthrush. An alternate song, seldom heard, is a jumble of twittering notes, recalling an American Goldfinch’s song. Males give this alternate (or “complex”) song in flight or sometimes quietly while foraging.