Learn 15 Common Sparrow Songs (Eastern North America)

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Note: House Sparrows are no longer considered weaver finches. They’re a member of the Old World Sparrows now.

[@thelavens8330]

House sparrows have always been true sparrows (defined as genus Passer and close relatives), it's just that where their group best sits within the perching birds has changed. True sparrows have never been weaver finches any more than new world sparrows have been buntings. Fantastic video otherwise

[@CHIBItheSPARROW]

@@thelavens8330 Came here to say this exact thing :) And I agree, great video.

[@sanctusthree]

I just heard a white throated sparrow outside my window and felt compelled to try to look up its song to identify it. Thanks for the great info!

[@loveiconartshop]

Me too! It’s the most beautiful song!

[@HaloHighlightz]

I’m here because of the white throated sparrow as well

[@midnightcoffee6463]

I had a musical session with a couple of White-Throated Sparrows earlier today

[@redactedredacted8434]

White throated sparrow! I heard it's song and had to look it up. It sounded like someone was whistling a song. Thanks

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You’re very welcome!

[@RoyceMarcus]

Sparrows always tricky! But easy to recognize the winter White Throated Sparrows - one of my favorite winter birds.

[@QuickWorksBeauty]

The white throated sparrow. So that’s who sings that song! Thanks for clearing this up for me!!! Been trying to figure it out forever!

[@JD27770]

Just getting in to birding and you’re my favorite channel so far!

[@muttleyinlove8648]

These guys do produce excellent videos. I have learned a lot from them. Enjoy your birdwatching!!

[@BK-db3gc]

Thank so much. Identification by song or call is hard to learn. Your segments focusing on aural birding are a big help. Just learning the correct vocabulary used to accurately describe bird sounds is an important part of the learning process. Much appreciated, thanks.

[@BarbaraM-lv7pe]

Thank you so much for the Sparrow series. I used to hear a musical call 50 years ago in the spring. It always made me smile, as I knew pleasant weather was coming. I’m in central MD and grew up on a creek on the western shore of the Bay. I wondered if it was a Bachman’s sparrow (it was not) or another threatened species because I only heard it for a few springs as a child and never heard it again 😔. I’d lived in that house for over 25 years, so had been listening a while.

[@hibbs1712]

I’ve got a few different flocks of house sparrows that come through and also a duet of cardinals but the White Crowned Sparrow I saw today was amazing. Beautiful and striking crown. I’ve been hearing their songs in the evening too, so it was nice to see their song and face together in this video :)

[@nancywhite2014]

Excellent instructional video! Several of these species are in western New York. Some of my favorites are the juncos, chipping sparrows and song sparrows. Thanks for sharing the variety of sparrow calls.

[@MelanieCorrigall]

I've been hearing a call I haven't heard before for days now. Figured it was a sparrow of some type, but which one! Your video reminded me of seeing a white crowned sparrow a while ago, and confirmed it's ID. Thanks for helping solving the mystery!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You’re welcome! Glad you were able to figure it out!

[@lyndastarorypinski6671]

This is an excellent podcast very easy to learn from. Thank you!

[@timetomakevideos844]

Geard the White Throared Sparrow on the Newfoundland Island so i would whistle back to it and it responded back and forth several times

[@lvelez1999]

Sparrows are my favorite birdies

[@boodling]

Thank you for the pictures of the 15 different sparrows and the distinctive beautiful music they make. I enjoyed them immensely. At least, maybe, 3 or 4 of those sounds can be heard every morning in our backyard. I have one that built a nest under what used to be a healthy, robust, special variety of Begonia with ivies around it. It had hatched its 5 eggs four days ago (8 July 2023); I was hoping I could send you two 30-sec videos and maybe you could help me identify it. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to upload it on this medium. Going back to my Begonia, it is shriveled, thin, and fast drying because I stopped watering and fertilizing it almost a month now… since we noticed 2 birds building a next under it. Again, thank you for educating me, and God bless you abundantly above what you can ask or imagine!

[@janeenpfeiffer3465]

I think I mostly recognize the tree sparrow. Thanks for this video, it helps!!

[@halvor5887]

Thank you for the great video. Extremely informative. I’ve heard many of these calls for decades and this helped me understand the species that makes each vocslization.

[@gargould7186]

I had a Towhee on my deck last week on the first week of April in Sand Lake, Michigan. Still waiting for my Orioles to show up because they hang around every spring and summer. The Juncos just love peanuts when you break them up into pieces but they will be leaving soon too Canada I suppose

[@Beryllahawk]

I've heard the Towhee! Still not sure if I've seen him though. It makes me smile and then kind of wonder "why" - so many creatures in marshy areas seem to sound kind of alike... Both the Swamp Sparrow and the Clay Colored Sparrow honestly sound almost like crickets or frogs (the smaller frogs that're common in my area, anyway). This is really helpful!

[@BeastOfTraal]

birds tend to studded "drink your tea tea tea tea tea'

[@thetraveler2561]

Many sparrows here in Illinois and in our backyard....they are little eaters...I tell you...seen a Junco the other day!

[@Zamarae]

1:43 Yes! I’ve heard sparrows very similar to: White-Throated Sparrow “Oh Sweet, Canada, Canada” but in California--and shorter “Oh sweet, Caaan” I live in Texas now and realized I hadn’t heard this and came looking for answers and got them

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You may have actually been hearing Golden-crowned Sparrows in California! They’re more like “I’m sooo tired”. That could be the abbreviated song you heard

[@Ovenbirder]

House Sparrows are actually members of the old world family of “true” sparrows, Passeridae (not weaver finches). Our “new world” sparrows belong to family Passerellidae and are “technically” not sparrows but are (depending on your perspective) only named as such because of their resemblance to the old world “true” sparrows. Rather, they are more closely related to old world buntings.

[@OntarioBirding7538]

Nice name and profile picture

[@lindap9079]

I live in the PNW so most of these sparrows are not commonly seen, but I'm going to use this video to help on my next visit to the east. Thank you.

[@juanitakelly3082]

I've actually seen quite a number of these in the PNW. I'm in the Olympia, WA area.

[@llchristison]

Me too and I’m a Western Washington native

[@loveit7484]

Great Video. Heard this was northern birfs. Was so surprised to I D the sound of the Harrison Sparrow here in SW.

[@debcard1136]

Phenomenal. Thank you so much!!

[@SuperMarlene333]

Thank you so much. I look at them as invasive species and they finish and prevent other birds from getting food because they are too many. However ,my friend told me to watch on KZbin what happened after China killed all their sparrows . Now , watching these videos made me appreciate them more with their songs.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

In the United States the only invasive Sparrow in this video is the House Sparrow

[@NortheastTubas-zg1ot]

I often get the songs of Chipping Sparrows, Pine Warblers, and Dark-Eyed Juncos mixed up

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Those are all tricky ones! I think of the junco as more “fluttery”, and the Chipping Sparrow more “mechanical” than the Pine Warbler which is more “insect-like”

[@oli_vvk1453]

The white crowned sparrow sounds very different on the west coast. The first note is about the same but the rest is much simpler than the eastern one

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Different subspecies over there!

[@lvelez1999]

Praise God \○/ Gorgeous

[@shaungoldneru3276]

Cet oiseaux je crois de la famille d'ortolan aussi il s'appelle '' ortolan musicien ou chanteur'' il a un très bon chant. Merci Ben de votre exposé et explications.

[@fishnsyd]

Just saw my first chipping sparrow yesterday!

[@lvelez1999]

God bless

[@Beetle5002]

Anyone know birds that sound similar to the first part of the house sparrow? I keep seeing a brown bird that looks like a song sparrow but it's not as white in the Belly it makes a noise like that first part a lot and the closest things I can get on bird detector apps are song sparrow or it can identify it

[@Tigerpuffer]

I wont hold it against y'all that you left out the best of them all - the lark sparrow!

[@BadgerlandBirding]

It should be more common then! 🤣

[@thisisme4829]

I've been watching your videos trying to find a bird with a call I hear all the time near my house. I can't seem to find it. It starts with a low note goes high then ends low our mid and sounds like a whistle. It's only three notes. I thought it might be a sparrow, but none of them quite match.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Not an Eastern Towhee?

[@karenfoley6455]

Have a bird song I can't identify for about 3 years.how do I send my recorded video to you🦋

[@BadgerlandBirding]

You can email us at [e-mail] and we’ll do our best

[@Grace-pp3dw]

26 The Praise the Lord 86 John 3:16

[@TrucksAndDDM]

What sparrows are called? Male & Female

[@BadgerlandBirding]

@@TrucksAndDDM what do you mean? Normally just male and female sparrow. They don’t have different names that I know of such as drakes for male ducks

[@Grace-pp3dw]

26 the praise the Lord 86 John 3:16

[@MsDee_777]

We only get House Sparrows & White Crown Sparrows.

[@deborahkogan8742]

House Sparrows aren't weaverbirds any more. They are in Passeridae.

[@BadgerlandBirding]

That’s true. They used to be but it’s been changed

[@danfridenstine5751]

Why is the narrator's voice loud yet the bird voices are inaudible?

[@BadgerlandBirding]

Do you wear hearing aids by chance?

[@snowyowl5556]

"House sparrows aren't true sparrows" yes, they're trash birds 😈

[@MsDee_777]

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