Listen to the Chipping sparrow
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About the Chipping sparrow
The Chipping sparrow is a bird in the family Passerellidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Chipping sparrow sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song, call and begging. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a species of New World sparrow, a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae. It is widespread, fairly tame, and common across most of its North American range.
The chipping sparrow has five subspecies. This bird is a partial migrant with northerly populations flying southwards in the fall to overwinter in Mexico and the southern United States, and flying northward again in spring.
Related birds in the genus Spizella
More from the family Passerellidae
Dark-eyed junco
Junco hyemalis
White-crowned sparrow
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated sparrow
Zonotrichia albicollis
Rufous-collared sparrow
Zonotrichia capensis
American tree sparrow
Spizelloides arborea
Savannah sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Fox sparrow
Passerella iliaca
Eastern towhee
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Lincoln's sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Tanager finch
Oreothraupis arremonops
Spotted towhee
Pipilo maculatus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Chipping sparrow sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Chipping sparrow on this page, including its song, call and begging. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Chipping sparrow endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Chipping sparrow as “least concern”.
What family does the Chipping sparrow belong to?
The Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) belongs to the family Passerellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Variable-Food-Begging-Calls-Are-Harbingers-of-Vocal-Learning-pone.0005929.s010 by Liu W, Wada K, Nottebohm F – CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Nerstrand Big Woods SP, Rice, Minnesota, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Oak Draw Rd, Custer State Park, South Dakota, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Lassen County, California, United States by radrat – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging · Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United… by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Dordt College Campus, Sioux, Iowa, United States by Jonathon Jongsma – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q645203 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Chipping sparrow – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Mdf , Edited by Fir0002 – CC BY-SA 3.0