Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Opisthoprora
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera

Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published January 17, 2014

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

Vocalizations of Mountain Avocetbill are very poorly known, but include "a series of descending thin whistles, reminiscent of a piculet: wsee wsee wsee wsee" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).

There apparently are no available audio recordings of vocalizations of Mountain Avocetbill.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

Recommended Citation

Schulenberg, T. S. (2014). Mountain Avocetbill (Opisthoprora euryptera), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.mouavo1.01