HARRIS SPARROW reverses the customary vocal precedence and seldom sings in the nesting season. In Autumn and early Winter after migration they warble a low minor strain that toward evening becomes almost a chorus. The notes are similar to the Whitethroats but more prolonged.
The common note is the characteristic chirp of the family.
Central plains of North America north to Great Slave Lake, south to Texas.
A 20–30-foot tree distributed from Maine to Texas, west to Nebraska and Kansas. A shrub in greater part of its range.