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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) call
Bright, paired phrases: fire-fire, where-where, here-here, see-it, see-it.
Listen to the Indigo Bunting call
A field recording of the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) by Mark Connolly, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Indigo Bunting in farmland habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Indigo Bunting
These birds belong to the cardinal family, like the Indigo Bunting, so their calls can sound alike.
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Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Loud, clear whistled phrases, cheer-cheer-cheer or birdie-birdie-birdie; a sharp metallic chip.
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Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
A hoarse, burry robin-like song and a distinctive chip-burr call.
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
A sweet, rich robin-like warble, and a squeaky eek call like a sneaker on a gym floor.
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Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
A hoarse, robin-like song of short phrases, and a rising, rattled pit-er-ick call.
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Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
A rich, rolling song like a robin that took singing lessons, and a sharp, squeaky pik.
Questions
Questions about the Indigo Bunting
What does the Indigo Bunting sound like?
Bright, paired phrases: fire-fire, where-where, here-here, see-it, see-it. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Indigo Bunting?
Northern Cardinal, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Western Tanager and Black-headed Grosbeak sound similar.
Where can I hear the Indigo Bunting?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Eastern North America course.
How can I learn the Indigo Bunting 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.
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SongLark teaches the Indigo Bunting 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 Indigo Bunting 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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Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
A bright drink-your-teeeee and a rising chewink call from the undergrowth.
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Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
Sweet, slurred whistles that speed up into a trill, like a bouncing ball.
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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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