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Sharp-tailed Grouse

Tympanuchus phasianellus (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Geoffrey A. Keller 1990-04-11 35.0 km SE of Valentine; Valentine NWR, Cherry, Nebraska, United States, Cherry (United States)   -   50131
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Brian Collins , Burnett (United States)   -   635142676
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Frank Lambert 2015-04-24 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1900 m) Males at a lek, drumming, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

362548
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Andrew Spencer 03-05-2011 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1840 m) lekking (A) - Lekking sounds from multiple birds; in this cut various vocal sounds predominate, including low pitched booming, higher pitched clucking, and various raucous sounds. 77227
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Sue Riffe 2025-04-23 Milner, Routt County, Colorado, Routt (United States) (2300 m) call, feet drumming, display -

Natural vocalizations, wing sounds and feet drumming on lek

1003799
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Sue Riffe 2024-04-03 Milner, Routt County, Colorado, Routt (United States) call, dawn song, drumming, lek -

At lek, foot drumming

941379
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Jacob C. Cooper 2014-04-25 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1900 m) call, drumming, male -

Recorded at a large lek.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

180407
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Andrew Spencer 2013-04-30 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1900 m) song -

natural vocalizations; lekking displays from a few of 30+ birds on a bare hilltop in fairly open, grassy hills surrounded by scrub oak. This recording is from a microphone left on the lek for the whole morning display, and is a continuation of XC133284.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

133288
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Frank Lambert 2015-04-24 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1900 m) Males at a lek, drumming, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

362539
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Sue Riffe 2024-04-26 Milner, Routt County, Colorado, United States (United States) (2300 m) call, dawn song, drumming, song, feet stomping -

At a lek - Two rival males displaying facing each other, no females present.

940427
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Andrew Spencer 2025-05-27 , South West Area (Canada)   -   639152106
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Sue Riffe 2024-04-03 , Routt (United States)   -   625127384
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus John Woods Cariboo, British Columbia, Canada, Cariboo (Canada)   -   237452991
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Jacob Saucier 2015-06-21 5km NE of St. Marie, Valley County, Montana, Valley (United States) (800 m) call, lekking calls, male -

Field Number: MT2015 JRS 10; display calls at lek; short grass prairie

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

500160
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Doug Gochfeld 2021-04-14 KB ranch (private), Moffat, Colorado, United States, Moffat (United States)   -   366912091
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Geoffrey A. Keller 1990-04-12 35.0 km SE of Valentine; Valentine NWR, Cherry, Nebraska, United States, Cherry (United States)   -   50135
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Valerie Heemstra 2025-10-15 Seney NWR, Schoolcraft, Michigan, Schoolcraft (United States) (220 m) call, Several kinds of chuckles, other calls -

Long recording, originally 17 minutes, made with handheld mic while standing as motionless as possible of at least six well-seen grouse in quiet prairie from 50-100 m away. Initially flushed from ground to treetops, and then returned to ground. Recording is in three sections with two 1-sec silent breaks; vocalizations increase in amplitude, the last section has the loudest and most varied calls. Lapland Longspurs are loudest in the second section, and the grouse are quiet when the longspurs call as if they are listening. The silent breaks are where few calls were made and several minutes were cut. Recordist was wearing an orange hat (hunting season). Prairie had tall conifers at the edge, and this is where the birds flew to when flushed. Temp. about 46 F, increased to 50 F. Bright sun and overcast sky gave way to blue. Wind calm.

1048219
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Andrew Spencer 2013-04-30 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1900 m) song -

natural vocalizations; lekking displays from a few of 30+ birds on a bare hilltop in fairly open, grassy hills surrounded by scrub oak. This recording is from a microphone left on the lek for the whole morning display, and is a continuation of XC133284, XC133288 and XC133290. In this portion of the cut there are lots of calls from birds facing off but fewer of the other display noises.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

133295
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Brian Collins 2017-05-14 SW Namekagon Barrens, Burnett, Wisconsin, United States, Burnett (United States)   - Lek behaviors, Sharpt-tailed Grouse Dance 58258631
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Andrew Spencer 2013-04-30 Trapper Mine (restricted access), Moffat, Colorado, United States, Moffat (United States)   - natural vocalizations; lekking displays from a few of 30+ birds on a bare hilltop in fairly open, grassy hills surrounded by scrub oak. This recording is from a microphone left on the lek for the whole morning display; this is part two of the recording. 280849081
macaulaylibrary.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus Andrew Spencer 03-05-2011 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1840 m) lekking (A) - Lekking sounds from multiple birds; the most prominent sound in this cuts is the rapid vibrating sound given when birds would stamp their feet and rattle their tail while dancing around. This bout given when a female walked through the lek, and the dancing was synchronized between mutiple males. Various other vocal sounds from the grouse audible in this cut. 77226
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Frank Lambert 2015-04-24 Trapper Mine, Moffat Co., Colorado, Moffat (United States) (1900 m) Males at a lek, drumming, male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

362546
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Sue Riffe 2024-04-21 Milner, Routt County, Colorado, United States (United States) (2300 m) call, dawn song, drumming, foot stomping, wek, gobble -

Recording from lek so location is not exact. Same birds as in XC940338

940339
xeno-canto.org
Sharp-tailed Grouse - Tympanuchus phasianellus Annie McLeod 2022-04-01 , Maple Creek (Canada)   -   466609891
macaulaylibrary.org
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