Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Oreonympha
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis

Jacob Drucker and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published May 31, 2013

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

Two vocalizations have been described for Bearded Mountaineer, "a descending, squeaky series followed by a rich chatter: swee swee chew-chew-chew [and] also a dry dzzrt" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

Additional audio recordings of vocalizations of Bearded Mountaineer can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Drucker, J. and C. W. Sedgwick (2013). Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.beamou1.01