SPECIES
Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published December 12, 2014
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior
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Vocalizations
The call of Short-tailed Woodstar is described as a "thin tchi-tchi-tchi" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).
The male sings during the courtship display (see Sexual Behavior); this song is "a sweet, high series of tititi notes interspersed with a high sweee" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2010).
There are very few audio recordings of vocalizations of Short-tailed Woodstar; examples can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
None reported.