Listen: The call of the summer tanager

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The common blackbird, or Turdus merula, is found in North Africa, and from Europe to India and southern China.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The song sparrow, or Melospiza melodia, is found in North America, from central Canada through the United States.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The common nightingale, or Luscinia megarhynchos, is found in selective distribution in British Isles and southern Europe; in winter, it is found in northern and central Africa.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The common loon, or Gavia immer, is found in Canada and the U.S.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The European starling, or Sturnus vulgaris, is native to Eurasia and North Africa.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The western meadowlark, or Sturnella neglecta, is found in North America, from western Canada to Mexico, and in Hawaii.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The northern mockingbird, or Mimus polyglottos, is found in the United States and Mexico, as well as the Caribbean islands.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Birdsong recordings from the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Eurasian magpie, or Pica pica, is found across Eurasia as well as and northwestern Africa and western North America.