Tanagers, Buntings and Grosbeaks : songs

Male Northern Cardinals have a repertoire of about 10 songs.
(Apr, NJ)

1st phrase








2nd phrase









(Apr, NJ)










The song may end in a chirr (Apr, PA).












Female Northern Cardinals also sing (Feb, PA).












This is a female Northern Cardinal singing in a duet with the male, which is singing in the background(June, PA).











Each male Scarlet Tanager has a repertoire of 10 or more syllables that are re-arranged in innumerable sequences. The song sounds like "a robin with a sore throat".
(May, NJ).










The dawn song of the Scarlet Tanager is subtly different from the day song. The phrases are separated by longer intervals, but are strung together in long sequences, with the chick-burr call a regular component (30 minutes before sunrise, May, PA).

portion of dawn song








This is a second, faster and more sustained version of the dawn song, but the phrases are still delivered more slowly than the day song. This bird sings 84 phrases in the first minute of the recording, using 17 different syllables ranging from once to 11 times, including 2 chick-burrs (30 mins before sunrise, June, NJ).











The Summer Tanager song has a combination of clear and burry phrases (May, NJ).










American Robin for comparison (July, ME).









The Rose-breasted Grosbeak song has been described as like a robin that's had singing lessons (May, NJ).



















Each Indigo Bunting is identifiable by its single song, which consists of paired notes chosen from a species total of about 100.
(June, NJ)










(June, PA)













The Blue Grosbeak song is a fast warble (May, DE).










Dickcissel, two males counter-singing (June, NJ). The Dickcissel is a rare breeder east of the Appalachians.