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Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) call
A bright drink-your-teeeee and a rising chewink call from the undergrowth.
Listen to the Eastern Towhee call
A field recording of the Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) by Donald Davesne, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Eastern Towhee in garden habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Eastern Towhee
These birds belong to the new world sparrow family, like the Eastern Towhee, so their calls can sound alike.
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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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Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Three sharp introductory notes then a jumbled trill; a nasal chimp call.
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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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White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
A pure, whistled Old Sam Peabody-Peabody-Peabody, or O sweet Canada-Canada.
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Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
Sweet, slurred whistles that speed up into a trill, like a bouncing ball.
Questions
Questions about the Eastern Towhee
What does the Eastern Towhee sound like?
A bright drink-your-teeeee and a rising chewink call from the undergrowth. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Eastern Towhee?
Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow and Field Sparrow sound similar.
Where can I hear the Eastern Towhee?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Eastern North America course.
How can I learn the Eastern Towhee call?
In SongLark's Birds of Eastern North America course, it comes in Level 4: Fields & Edges. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Eastern Towhee 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 Eastern Towhee comes in Level 4: Fields & Edges. That Level is about meadows, hedgerows and summer visitors.
Learn it with these birds in Level 4 of Birds of Eastern North America
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Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
A soft, low, warbled chur-lee, chur-lee and a gentle tu-a-wee call.
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Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Bright, paired phrases: fire-fire, where-where, here-here, see-it, see-it.
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Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
A clear, slurred, whistled see-you, see-yeeer from a fence post.
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Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
A raspy, emphatic fee-bee, fee-b-be; wags its tail on a low perch.
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Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva
A bright, quick sweet-sweet-sweet, I'm so sweet.
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Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
A rolling witchety-witchety-witchety from reeds and damp scrub.
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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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Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Liquid, gurgling twitters and a cheerful, chirping song over ponds and marshes.
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Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
A cheerful, twittering warble with a dry rattle; long tail streamers over farms and fields.
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Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Flocks give very high, thin, lisping sreee notes, almost too high to hear.
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Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
A piercing kill-DEER, often given on the wing at night.
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