Sounds of the Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Shortcut: Purdy, purdy, purdy; metallic chip
Song: Both sexes sing clear, slurred whistled phrases that are cabulary of several phrase types which it combines into different songs. One common song pattern sounds like purdy purdy purdy... whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit. Another resembles what-cheer, what-cheer ... wheet, wheet, wheet, wheet.
Call: The common call is a metallic chip, given as a contact call and in situations of alarm.
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Bird song and call descriptions copyright 1998 by NatureSound Studio, from the book Common Birds and Their Songs (Lang Elliott, 1998: Houghton Mifflin Company). Contact: Nature Sound Studio. Photographs copyright 2009 by Brian Small and Robert Royse. All rights reserved.
