Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cigua de les palmeres |
| Dutch | Palmtapuit |
| English | Palmchat |
| English (United States) | Palmchat |
| French | Esclave palmiste |
| French (France) | Esclave palmiste |
| German | Palmenschwätzer |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Zwazo-palmis |
| Japanese | ヤシドリ |
| Norwegian | palmetrost |
| Polish | palmowiec |
| Russian | Дулюс |
| Serbian | Palmarka |
| Slovak | dulus družný |
| Spanish | Sigua Palmera |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cigua Palmera |
| Spanish (Spain) | Sigua palmera |
| Swedish | palmtrast |
| Turkish | Dominik Palmiyekuşu |
| Ukrainian | Пальмовик |
Palmchat Dulus dominicus
Sarah Dzielski
Version: 1.0 — Published November 7, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published November 7, 2014
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Palmchats are quite vocal birds, especially near the communal nests, producing "an array of strange, slurring, whistled call notes" (Latta et al. 2006). One common call is a short, squeaky note.
For a representative audio recording with sonogram, see audio
Palmchats have a well developed sentinel system. The alarm call of the Palmchat is a distinctive Cheer, cheer, cheer, cheer, often followed by a sush-sush-sush call. The cheer call is emitted loudly and frequently in the presence of an intruder (Dod 1992).
Though Palmchats produce many strange calls, they do not appear to have a song (Wetmore and Swales 1931).
Additional audio recordings of Palmchat can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.
