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Blue Grosbeaks give loud, metallic chink calls when disturbed. They also give low, buzzy bzzt calls.
Blue Grosbeak Songs and Calls. You are viewing sample content from Larkwire —the ultimate tool for learning bird sounds. Blue Grosbeak: Breathless jumble of whistled and trilled metallic notes; lower than Warbling Vireo or Painted Bunting, lower and more continuous tempo than Indigo Bunting. Song:
Only males are known to sing, but a distinctive call note is uttered by both sexes — a loud, metallic “chink” that is often the first clue that a Blue Grosbeak is in the area. Listen here: Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
The blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), is a medium-sized North American passerine bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae. It is mainly migratory, wintering in Central America and breeding in northern Mexico and the southern United States. The male is blue with two brown wing bars.
Beefy, big-headed, large-billed bunting. Male is deep cobalt blue with rufous wingbars. Females are warm brown with rufous or buffy wingbars. Always look for enormous bill to separate from other buntings; also note unstreaked underparts and slightly longer tail.
Full-bodied with a large triangular-shaped bill. Nonbreeding males are patchy blue and cinnamon overall with chestnut wingbars. Sings a warbling song while perched at high points in shrubs and small trees. Combination of large bill and deep blue color with chestnut wingbars is distinctive.
