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Males have 17-55 songs, average 32 (Morton 1987)
tea-kettle, tea-kettle, tea-kettle
che-wortel, che-wortel, che-wortel
rattle (females)
Songs sung by males classified into 4 types (Borror 1956)
Song class 1
pitch falling at beginning, rising later
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrTFkjWSNEc&t=57s
Song class 2
Song class 3
Pitch rises and then falls
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y49Fh10_YmQ
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blm_OVGs0js
Song class 4
Down-slurred note followed by up-slurred note of similar pitch
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEblPBENeQ
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Rattle (by female)
Chattering rattle used only by females
Used in duets with singing males
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References:
Borror, D.J 1956. Variation in Carolina Wren songs. Auk no. 73:211-229
Haggerty, T. M. and E. S. Morton (2020). Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.carwre.01
Morton, E.S. (1987). The effects of distance and isolation on song-type sharing in the Carolina Wren. Wilson Bull.. 99(4): 601-610.