Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Calls of Oasis Hummingbird are described as a "melodious series of tick and tzee notes given at variable speeds and tone" (Jaramillo 2003); "a rapid, thin liquid chatter" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010: the same vocalization as described by Jaramillo 2003?); and "a rich chew note" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010). An apparent song is described as "tzee-tzee-dee-dee, first ascending, then descending" (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990).

There are few available audio recordings of Oasis Hummingbird; additional examples can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.

None reported.