Male's song variable in length. It is reminiscent of the American robin's song, and is similar to the scarlet tanager's song but is less raspy. Here is a first spring male singing from high in a vine-covered cottonwood tree. (Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.)
Habitat: Found near edges or gaps in open deciduous forest or pine-oak woods.
Songs and calls of related birds (Thraupidae).
Male sings in the forest canopy sounding something like a hoarse Robin. (Five songs of four birds, Albany and Schoharie Counties, New York.)
Habitat: Deciduous forest.
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