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Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) call
A bright, quick sweet-sweet-sweet, I'm so sweet.
Listen to the Northern Yellow Warbler call
A field recording of the Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) by robinlanark, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Northern Yellow Warbler in wetland habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Northern Yellow Warbler
These birds belong to the wood warbler family, like the Northern Yellow Warbler, so their calls can sound alike.
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Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
A rolling witchety-witchety-witchety from reeds and damp scrub.
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Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
A loud, ringing teacher-teacher-TEACHER that grows louder from the forest floor.
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Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
A lazy, buzzy zoo-zee, zoo-zoo-zee from the tops of conifers.
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Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
A flat trill that loosens and drops away at the end; a sharp stik call.
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Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
A fast chattering series that drops in pitch and speeds up at the finish.
Questions
Questions about the Northern Yellow Warbler
What does the Northern Yellow Warbler sound like?
A bright, quick sweet-sweet-sweet, I'm so sweet. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Northern Yellow Warbler?
Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Black-throated Green Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler and Wilson's Warbler sound similar.
Where can I hear the Northern Yellow Warbler?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of Eastern North America course.
How can I learn the Northern Yellow Warbler 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 Northern Yellow 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 Northern Yellow Warbler 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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Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Bright, paired phrases: fire-fire, where-where, here-here, see-it, see-it.
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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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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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