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Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic.

List of animal sounds

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Picture Animal Description Audio recording
Image Alligator bellow, hiss
Alligator bellow
Image Alpaca alarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream[1]
Image American woodcock meep, peent (birders)
American woodcock
Image Antelope snort[2]
Impala
Image Australian magpie quardle-oodle-ardle-wardle-doodle
Image of European badger (Meles Meles) Badger growl[3]
Badger
Image Bat screech,[4] squeak, eek
Bats
Image Bear roar, growl
Bear cub growl
Bäver närbild Beaver grunting, sighing, gnawing, whining, tooth chattering, hissing[5]
Image Bee buzz
Hummel bee
Xylocopa pubescens (carpenter bee) offsprings
Image Big cat (Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard) roar,[6] growl,[7] snarl[8]
Tiger growl
Jaguar making a content "sawing" sound.
Image Bison bellow, moo, low
Image Camel grunt
Image of a capybara eating hay Capybara squeak,[9] chatter, bark
Image Cat mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, chirp, chatter, caterwaul, growl, mrrp, nya
Cat meow
Domestic cat purring
Image Cattle moo, low
Image Chicken cluck, buck, crow[10]
cha-caw, bah-gawk (female)[11]
cock-a-doodle-doo (male)
Rooster crowing
Image Chinchilla squeak[12]
Image Cicada chirp[13]
Cicada
Image Coyote yip, howl, yelp, whine, growl, huff, bark[14]
Image Crab chirp, click, creak[15][better source needed]
Image Crane trumpet, bugle[16]
Image Cricket chirp
Cricket
Image Crocodile hiss, growl
Image Crow caw, cah[17]
Black Crow
Image Curlew pipe[18]
Image Deer bellow, bell (buck), bleat (doe, fawn)
Red deer
Image Dog arf, bark, boof, bay, howl, growl, snarl, moan, whine, whimper, yelp, scream, sigh, sneeze, woof, yip, yap
Dog bark
Image Dolphin click,[19] whistle,[20] squeal
Dolphins calling
Image Donkey hee-haw,[21] bray
Domestic donkey brays
Image Duck quack
Mallard Duck
Image Eagle screech[22]
Bald Eagle
Image Elephant trumpet, snort, rumble, growl, roar
Elephant trumpet
Image Elk bugle (male),[23] bleat (calves)[24]
Elk bellow
Image Ferret dook, hiss, squeak[25][26]
Image Fish brrp, click, blub, glub, honk[27]
Image Fly buzz[28]
Bombylius major
Image Fox bark, scream, howl, snore, yip, yap, yop, gecker[29]
Fox scream
Image Frog croak, ribbit, chirp
Pacific tree frog
Image Gaur low, moo
Image Giraffe bleat,[30] hum[31]
Giraffe hum
Image Goat bleat, maa
Herd of goats bleating
Image Goose honk, hiss
Geese Honking
Image Gorilla hoot, belch, roar[32]
Image Grasshopper chirp[33]
Grasshoppers chirping
Image Guinea pig wheek[34], purr[35]
Image Hamster squeak[36]
Image Hawk screech
Hawk screeching
Image Hermit crab chirp[37]
Image Hippopotamus growl,[38] grunt, snort
Image Hornet buzz
Hummel bee
Image Horse neigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats (clip-clop)
Image Hyena laugh, whoop
Spotted Hyena
Image Jackal gecker[7]
Black-backed jackal
Image Koala bellow, shriek
Image Laughing kookaburra laugh
Image Lemur chatter, whoop
Image Leopard roar, growl, snarl
Image Linnet chuckle[39]
Image Lion roar, growl, snarl
Lion roar
Image Lizard hiss
Image Locust chirp[33]
Image Lovebird chirp, squack, caw, ca-dih, bababa, bahp
Image Magpie chatter[40]
Magpie
Image Meerkat bark
Image Monkey scream, chatter, gecker,[7] howl
Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
Image Moose bellow[41]
Image Mosquito buzz, whine
Image Mouse squeak
Pitched down to audible frequency
Image Okapi cough, bellow[42]
Image Opossum click, growl, hiss
Image Owl hoot, hiss, caterwaul (barred owls), twit twoo (tawny owls)[43]
Great horned owl
Image Ox low, moo
Image Parrot squawk, talk
White-capped Parrot
Rose-ringed Parakeet imitating human speech
Image Peacock scream,[44] squawk, honk
Peacock
Image Penguin chirp, honk, trumpet, bray
King penguins
Image Pig oink,[38][45] snort,[46] squeal, grunt
Pig
Image Pigeon coo
Wood pigeon
Image Prairie dog bark[47]
Image Quail call[48]
Call of a male common quail
Image Rabbit squeak
Rabbit
Image Raccoon trill[49]
Baby Raccoon Chatter
Image Rat squeak
Image Raven caw, cronk
Common Raven
Image River otter blow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp,[50][51] purr[52]
Image Rook caw
Image Seal bark[53]
New Zealand fur seal
Image Seagull squawks[54]
Image Sheep bleat, baa, maa, meh (lambs)
Sheep
Image Snake hiss, rattle
Rattlesnake
Image Songbird chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble (larks / warblers / wrens),[55][56] twitter (sparrows)[57]
Goldfinch
Image Squirrel squeak
Image Swan cry, trumpet, bugle
Trumpeter swan
Image Tapir squeak[58]
Image Tokay gecko croak[59]
Tokay gecko mating call
Image Turkey gobble
Wild Turkey
Image Turtle grunt (mating), hiss
Image Whale sing
Humpback whale

Sperm whale

Image Wild boar growl, grumble
Wild boar
Image Wildebeest low, moo
Image Wolf howl, growl, bay
Wolf howls
Image Zebra bray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Important Question: What Sound Does An Alpaca Make?". Modern Farmer. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Caro, Tim (2005). Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals. University of Chicago Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780226094366.
  3. ↑ Schwartz, Charles Walsh; Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). The Wild Mammals of Missouri (2nd revised ed.). University of Missouri Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780826213594.
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  6. ↑ "Big Cat Facts". Animal Facts Encyclopedia. Copyright by Jenise Alongi. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 Estes, Richard (1991). The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. University of California Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780520080850.
  8. ↑ Schaller, George B. (1967). The Deer and the Tiger. University of Chicago Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780226736570.
  9. ↑ Barros, Kamila S.; Tokumaru, Rosana S.; Pedroza, Janine P.; Nogueira, Selene S. C. (2010-11-22). "Vocal Repertoire of Captive Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris): Structure, Context and Function". Ethology. 117 (1): 83–94. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01853.x. ISSN 0179-1613.
  10. ↑ Why Do Roosters Crow?: First Questions and Answers about Farms. Time-Life for Children. 1995. ISBN 9780783508993.
  11. ↑ Caughey, Melissa (2015). A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens: Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats. Storey Publishing. p. 90
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  13. ↑ Power, Carla (September 4, 2000). "Ruins with A View". Newsweek International: 24.
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  16. ↑ "Cranetivities: Cacophonous Crane Calls!". International Crane Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 July 2026.
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  22. ↑ "Caught in the Act - to Capture Bald Eagles on Film, a Husband-and-Wife Team Has Spent Years Perfecting the Art of Anticipation". National Wildlife. 39 (2): 24. February–March 2001.
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