chippity-chippity-chippity

Updated: May 10, 2025

And yet its song is its most conspicuous mark, so to speak, for it is a loud, shrill, and very rapidly repeated run, which might be spelled out in this way: "Chippy, chippy, chippy, chippity-chippity-chippity." The whole song is emitted at a galloping pace, giving you the impression that the bird is in a desperate hurry. Important business on hand, no doubt!

Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser - Our Bird Comrades