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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) call
Creaky, rusty-hinge squeaks and harsh chack calls, often from noisy flocks.
Listen to the Common Grackle call
A field recording of the Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) by Mirko Schoenitz, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Common Grackle in urban habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Common Grackle
These birds belong to the icterid family, like the Common Grackle, so their calls can sound alike.
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Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
A gurgling konk-la-ree ending in a buzzy trill, from a cattail perch.
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Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
A clear, slurred, whistled see-you, see-yeeer from a fence post.
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Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Rich, whistled, flute-like notes in short phrases, and a dry chattering rattle.
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Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
A rich, flute-like song that bubbles and gurgles down the scale; Oregon's state bird.
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Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
A sharp, rising wheet and a hurried, chattering warble from palm trees.
Questions
Questions about the Common Grackle
What does the Common Grackle sound like?
Creaky, rusty-hinge squeaks and harsh chack calls, often from noisy flocks. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Common Grackle?
Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole, Western Meadowlark and Hooded Oriole sound similar.
Where can I hear the Common Grackle?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Eastern North America course.
How can I learn the Common Grackle call?
In SongLark's Birds of Eastern North America course, it comes in Level 2: Suburb & Park. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Common Grackle 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 Common Grackle comes in Level 2: Suburb & Park. That Level is about lawns, hedges and city streets.
Learn it with these birds in Level 2 of Birds of Eastern North America
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Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Endless strings of borrowed phrases, each repeated three or more times, often all night.
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Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
A rambling, scratchy jumble of notes, each sung once, and a cat-like mew call.
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Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
A long song of varied phrases, each usually sung twice: plant-a-seed, plant-a-seed.
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Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
A soft, flat pik and a whinnying rattle that falls in pitch toward the end.
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Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
A rolling, throaty kwirr or churr, repeated from the trunk.
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White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
A nasal, low yank-yank-yank, slower and deeper than Red-breasted.
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Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Rambling whistles, clicks and mimicry from rooftops and wires.
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House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Monotonous cheeping and chirping around buildings.
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Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
A flat, dry, even trill of chips on one pitch, like a sewing machine.
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Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Three sharp introductory notes then a jumbled trill; a nasal chimp call.
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White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
A pure, whistled Old Sam Peabody-Peabody-Peabody, or O sweet Canada-Canada.
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Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
A dry even trill on one pitch; ticking smack notes when flushed.
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