Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Heliodoxa
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens

Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published January 16, 2015

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

The song of Gould's Jewelfront, easily overlooked, is "a series of high, thin tseet notes" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio

Another vocalization of Gould's Jewelfront is "a high, descending tsee tee tee tuu" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

There are few available audio recordings of vocalizations of Gould's Jewelfront; additional examples can be heard at Macaulay Library, at xeno-canto, and at Internet Bird Collection.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. (2015). Gould's Jewelfront (Heliodoxa aurescens), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.goujew1.01
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