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Bird call
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) call
A rising, buzzy zreeeee and twittering chatter from flocks at feeders and in the treetops.
Listen to the Pine Siskin call
A field recording of the Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) by giantcicada, shared on iNaturalist. Listen for the Pine Siskin in conifer and garden habitats.
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Sounds similar
Birds that sound similar to the Pine Siskin
These birds belong to the finch family, like the Pine Siskin, so their calls can sound alike.
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House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
A long warbling tumble ending in a slurred, rising burr.
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American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
A cheerful po-ta-to-chip in bouncing flight, and a long, canary-like song of twitters.
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Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
High, thin 'sssit' contact calls from busy flocks.
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Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
A short accelerating rattle that ends in a flourish.
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European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Liquid tinkling twitters, usually given in flight.
Questions
Questions about the Pine Siskin
What does the Pine Siskin sound like?
A rising, buzzy zreeeee and twittering chatter from flocks at feeders and in the treetops. Listen to the recording above.
Which birds sound like the Pine Siskin?
House Finch, American Goldfinch, Red-browed Finch, Common Chaffinch and European Goldfinch sound similar.
Where can I hear the Pine Siskin?
SongLark teaches it in its Birds of the Pacific Northwest course.
How can I learn the Pine Siskin call?
In SongLark's Birds of the Pacific Northwest course, it comes in Level 2: Parks & Winter Flocks. SongLark teaches it by ear with real field recordings.
Courses
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SongLark teaches the Pine Siskin in its Birds of the Pacific Northwest course. Each course plays real field recordings and brings every bird back for review just before you would forget it.
- In Birds of the Pacific Northwest, the Pine Siskin comes in Level 2: Parks & Winter Flocks. That Level is about city parks, greenbelts and the birds that arrive for winter.
Learn it with these birds in Level 2 of Birds of the Pacific Northwest
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Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
Thin, constant sit sit contact notes from a moving flock; no real song.
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Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Buzzy introductory notes then a clear trill; a dry scolding rasp.
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Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
A loud descending kee-yer and a long, even wick-wick-wick series.
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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-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
A nasal, tinny yank-yank, like a toy horn, repeated from high in the conifers.
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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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White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Clear whistle then a buzzy jumble. San Francisco birds sing a local dialect.
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Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
Three plaintive descending whistles, oh dear me; a winter arrival.
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