Bird call

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) call

A lazy, buzzy zoo-zee, zoo-zoo-zee from the tops of conifers.

Listen to the Black-throated Green Warbler call

A field recording of the Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) by kirk gardner, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Black-throated Green Warbler in forest habitats.

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Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler

Sounds similar

Birds that sound similar to the Black-throated Green Warbler

These birds belong to the wood warbler family, like the Black-throated Green Warbler, so their calls can sound alike.

  • Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

    A rolling witchety-witchety-witchety from reeds and damp scrub.

  • Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

    A loud, ringing teacher-teacher-TEACHER that grows louder from the forest floor.

  • Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva

    A bright, quick sweet-sweet-sweet, I'm so sweet.

  • Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata

    A flat trill that loosens and drops away at the end; a sharp stik call.

  • Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla

    A fast chattering series that drops in pitch and speeds up at the finish.

Questions

Questions about the Black-throated Green Warbler

What does the Black-throated Green Warbler sound like?

A lazy, buzzy zoo-zee, zoo-zoo-zee from the tops of conifers. Listen to the recording above.

Which birds sound like the Black-throated Green Warbler?

Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Northern Yellow Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler and Wilson's Warbler sound similar.

Where can I hear the Black-throated Green Warbler?

SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Eastern North America course.

How can I learn the Black-throated Green Warbler call?

In SongLark's Birds of Eastern North America course, it comes in Level 3: Deciduous Forest. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.

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SongLark teaches the Black-throated Green Warbler in its Birds of Eastern North America course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.

  • In Birds of Eastern North America, the Black-throated Green Warbler comes in Level 3: Deciduous Forest. That Level is about songs from the leafy canopy.

Learn it with these birds in Level 3 of Birds of Eastern North America

  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

    Short, robin-like phrases repeated all day: here-I-am, where-are-you?

  • Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

    A flute-like ee-oh-lay ending in a buzzy trill, echoing through summer woods.

  • Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens

    A slow, plaintive, whistled pee-a-wee, then a falling pee-yer.

  • Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

    A hoarse, burry robin-like song and a distinctive chip-burr call.

  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus

    A sweet, rich robin-like warble, and a squeaky eek call like a sneaker on a gym floor.

  • Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

    A loud, wild, ringing wuk-wuk-wuk-wuk that rises and falls, and slow, deep drumming.

  • Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus

    A loud descending kee-yer and a long, even wick-wick-wick series.

  • American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos

    A flat, nasal caw repeated in even series.

  • Veery Catharus fuscescens

    A breezy, downward-spiralling vee-ur, vee-ur, veer, veer that sounds like it is played in a pipe.

  • Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

    A long, clear opening note then a ringing, ethereal flourish, each phrase pitched differently.

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