Cory’s shearwaters show long-distance qualities

I see that a website describes the call of Canarian cory’s shearwaters as ‘waca waca’. It’s a mad, hysterical call, uttered when the parent birds arrive to feed their nestlings.

Cory’s shearwaters show long-distance qualities

I

see that a website describes the call of Canarian cory’s shearwaters as ‘waca waca’. It’s a mad, hysterical call, uttered when the parent birds arrive to feed their nestlings. They tour overhead, screaming their waca waca while their offspring echo it to tell where they are in the darkness.

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