Library / Advanced Groups East / Warblers 1: Rolling or Choppy
This is an advanced-level comparison group of rolling or choppy warbler songs and sounds from Land Birds of North America, Eastern/Central region.
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High and clear with rising and falling rhythm: witch-a-tee witch-a-tee witch-a-tee.
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Even-paced with rich, trilled quality; either a rising inflection to each syllable or alternating high and low syllables. Tree tree tree tree tree or Per cheaper cheaper cheaper cheaper cheap.
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Similar to Kentucky but with more finely and crisply trilled quality; often drops at end: churry churry churry chory-chory.
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High, steady, slurred warble; usually weak and fading at end but some stronger.
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Almost as explosive as Ovenbird, but only increases slightly in volume and tempo; loud, with choppy three- and four-syllable phrases. Beech-or-birch beech-or-birch beech-or-birch.
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Loud and choppy; accelerating tempo; descending pitch. Pete Pete Pete Pete lend-me-your-shoe.
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Loud, choppy, and explosive, increasing in volume; even tempo of two-syllable phrases: tea-cher tea-CHER tea-CHER TEA-CHER.
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Loud and choppy, often growing in volume; highest in the middle. Similar to Northern Waterthrush, but lower and rougher, and not descending overall. Some more bubbly, recalling House Wren.
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Loud and clear with rolling, repeated rhythm and usually multiple syllables per phrase. Highly varied speed and pattern, e.g., teakettle teakettle tea or Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy.
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