List of animal sounds

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This is a list of animal sounds, sounds made by animals. First verbs used to label animal sounds are listed, followed by figures of speech that imitate those sounds. Please note that these lists are only valid for the English language, as different languages use different animal sounds.

[edit] Verbs

Below is a list of appropriate English verbs corresponding to the sounds made by various animals.

Apes gibber Bears growl: Grrr Bees hum and buzz Beetles drone Birds chirrup, chirp, tweet, and sing: Bird song Bitterns boom Blackbirds whistle Bulls bellow Calves bleat Cats mew, purr, meow and caterwaul, Kittens mewl Cattle low Chaffinches fink Chicks cheep Chickens cluck Cocks crow Cows moo Crows caw Cuckoos cuckoo Deer bell Dogs bark, bay, growl, howl, whine, yip, and yap Dolphins click Donkeys bray Doves coo Ducks quack

Eagles scream Elephants trumpet Falcons chant Ferrets dook Flies buzz Foxes bark and yelp Frogs croak Giant pandas bleat Giraffes bleat Goats bleat Geese cackle and hiss or honk Grasshoppers chirp: Stridulation Guinea pigs squeak Hares squeak Hawks scream Hens cluck Horses neigh or whinny Humans talk, laugh, scream, and sing Hyenas laugh Jays chatter Lambs bleat Linnets chuckle Lions roar Magpies chatter Mice squeak and squeal

Monkeys gibber Nightingales pipe and warble Owls screech, shriek, and hoot Oxen low Parrots talk Peacocks scream Pigs grunt and squeal Pigeons coo Raccoons chitter Ravens croak Rooks caw Sheep bleat Snakes hiss Sparrows chirp Stags bellow and call Swallows twitter Swans cry Tigers growl Thrushes whistle Turkeys gobble Vultures scream Walruses ort Whales sing: Whale song. Wolves howl

[edit] See also

• Animal communication
• Animal echolocation
• Animal song
• Bioacoustics
• Cat communication
• Bark (dog)
• Zoomusicology
• Old McDonald Had a Farm, each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise

[edit] External links

• Multilingual list of animal sounds
• Collection of animal onomatopoeia from around the world (Flash required)