List of animal sounds

This is a list of words used in the English language to represent the noises of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. Words on the list are in the form of verbs, though many can also be used as nouns or interjections, including many onomatopoeias (additional ones here abbreviated "OP").

Antelopes – snort[1] Badgers – growl[2] Bats – screech[3] Bears – roar, growl Bees – buzz[4] Big cats (tigers, lions, jaguars & leopards) – roar,[5] growl,[6] snarl[7] Bitterns – boom[8] Cats – mew, meow, purr, hiss[9] Chickens – cluck (female; OP: cha-caw, bah-gawk [10]); crow [11] (male; OP: cock-a-doodle-doo) Chimpanzees – scream Chinchillas – squeak[12] Cicadas – chirp[13] Cattle/Cows – moo Crickets – chirp Crows – caw, cah[14] Curlews – pipe[15] Deer – bellow (buck)[9] bleat (doe, fawn) Dogs/wolves – bark, howl, bay (OP: arf, bow-wow, ruff, woof, yap) Dolphins – click[16] Donkeys/asses – hee-haw[17] also bray Ducks – quack Eagles – screech[18] Elephants – trumpet Elk – bugle (male),[19] bleat (calves)[20] Ferrets – dook[21] Frogs/toads – croak (OP: ribbit) Giraffes – bleat[22] Geese – honk, hiss[9] Grasshoppers – chirp[23] Guinea pigs – squeak[24] Hamsters – squeak[25] Hermit crabs – chirp[26] Horses – neigh, whinny, nicker Hippopotamuses – growl[9] Hyenas – laugh

Linnets – chuckle[27] Magpies – chatter[28] Mice/Rats – squeak Monkeys – scream Moose – bellow[29] Mosquitos – whine[30] Okapis – cough, bellow[31] Oxen – moo[32] Owls – hoot, hiss[9] Parrots – squawk, talking Peacocks – scream[33] Pigs/hogs – oink,[9][34] snort,[35] squeal Pigeons – coo[9] Prairie dogs – bark[36] Rabbits/Hares – squeak[37] Raccoons – trill[38] Ravens – nevermore[32] Rhinoceros – bellow[9] Rooks – caw[32] Seals – bark[39] Sheep/goats/lambs – bleat, baa[9] Snakes – hiss[9] Songbirds – chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble (larks / warblers / wrens),[32][40] twitter (sparrows)[41] Swans – cry,[32] hiss[9] Tapirs – squeak[42] Tarantulas – hiss[9] Tokay geckos – croak[43] Turkeys – gobble[9] Vultures – scream[32] Walruses – groan[9] Whales – sing[9]

See also

• Animal communication
• Animal epithet
• Bioacoustics
• Bzzzpeek – animal sounds website
• Cat organ & piganino
• Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias
• List of animal names
• List of onomatopoeias
• Old McDonald Had a Farm, each verse of the song changes the name of the animal and its respective noise
• Zoomusicology

References

1. Caro, Tim (2005). Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals. University of Chicago Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780226094366.
2. Schwartz, Charles Walsh; Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). The Wild Mammals of Missouri (2nd revised ed.). University of Missouri Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780826213594.
3. Boughman, Janette Wenrick; Wilkinson, Gerald S. (1999). "Social Influences on Foraging in Bats". Mammalian Social Learning: Comparative and Ecological Perspectives. University of Cambridge Press (72): 195.
4. Hattersley, Roy (August 26, 2008). "Bees under Threat from Silent Killer". Daily Mail. p. 16. (subscription required (help)).
5. "Big Cat Facts". Animal Facts Encyclopedia. Copyright by Jenise Alongi. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
6. Estes, Richard (1991). The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. University of California Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780520080850.
7. Schaller, George B. (1967). The Deer and the Tiger. University of Chicago Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780226736570.
8. Weightman, Gavin (January 18, 2002). "Townies Don't Need the Countryside". The Evening Standard. p. 13. (subscription required (help)).
9. Symons, Mitchell (2012). The Bumper Book For The Loo: Facts and figures, stats and stories – an unputdownable treat of trivia. Random House. p. 364. ISBN 9781448152711.
10. Caughey, Melissa (2015). Aœ Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens: Best Breeds, Creating a Home, Care and Handling, Outdoor Fun, Crafts and Treats. Storey Publishing. p. 90
11. Why Do Roosters Crow?: First Questions and Answers about Farms. Time-Life for Children. 1995. ISBN 9780783508993.
12. Winter, Lisa. The Ultimate Guide To Chinchilla Care. Simple Sequence Books. p. 24.
13. Power, Carla (September 4, 2000). "Ruins with A View". Newsweek International: 24.
14. Holmes, Hannah (2005). Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn. Bloomsbury. p. 10. ISBN 9781596918115.
15. White, Gilbert (1837). The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The naturalist's calendar and miscellaneous observations. p. 449.
16. Wilson, Ben (1998). Dolphins of the World. Voyager Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780896585362.
17. Metz, Lorijo (2011). Donkeys: Jennies, Jacks, and Foals. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 10. ISBN 9781448806881.
18. "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. (subscription required (help)).
19. Thomas, Jack Ward; Toweill, Dale (2002). Elk of North America, Ecology and Management. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-8117-0571-4.
20. Ballard, Jack (2012). Elk: A Falcon Field Guide. Morris Book Publishing. p. 47. ISBN 9780762776269. Elk vocalizations aren't reserved just for the bulls. Cows and ... Calves may respond to the cow calls with their own low bleats. When large ..
21. Mathis, Christine; Morton, E. Lynn (2010). Ferrets. Barron's. p. 87. ISBN 9780764143328.
22. Silverstein, Alvin; Silverstein, Virginia (1980). Nature's Champions: The Biggest, the Fastest, the Best. Random House. p. 19. ISBN 9780486428888.
23. Heinrichs, Anna (2002). Grasshoppers. Compass Point Books. p. 4. ISBN 9780756501662.
24. Gunter, Veronika Alica; Newcomb, Rain (2006). Pet Science: 50 Purr-fectly Woof-worthy Activities for You & Your Pets. Lark Books. p. 21. ISBN 9781579907860.
25. Bartlett, Patricia Pope (2003). The Hamster Handbook. Barron's. p. 37. ISBN 9780764122941.
26. Wilkins, Kelli A. (2007). Hermit Crabs For Dummies. Wiley Publishing. ISBN 9781118068267.
27. Le Clerc, Georges Louis (1793). The natural history of birds, from the Fr. of the count de Buffon. p. 54.
28. Birkhead, Tim (1991). The Magpies: The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-Billed and Yellow-Billed Magpies. T & AD Poyser. p. 250. ISBN 9781408137772.
29. "Moose". International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish. 2002. p. 1656. (subscription required (help)).
30. Backpacker. 24 (174): 41. February 1999. Missing or empty |title= (help)
31. Lindsey, Susan Lyndaker; Green, Mary Neel; Bennett, Cynthia L. (1999). The Okapi: Mysterious Animal of Congo-Zaire. University of Texas Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780292788329.
32. Rao, S. N. (2004). Strengthen Your English. V. V. K. Subburaj. p. 26. ISBN 9788172540531.
33. Attarde, I. P. (2007). Encyclopedic Graded Grammar. 1. LULU. p. 25. ISBN 9781435707177.
34. "Oink." Merriam-Webster. 26-01-2016.
35. QA International Collectif. So Many Ways to Communicate - A new way to explore the animal kingdom. Québec Amerique. p. 29. ISBN 9782764409213.
36. Valerie V. Tynes, ed. (2010). Behavior of Exotic Pets. Blackwell. p. 149. ISBN 9781118710135.
37. Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (2001). "Animals, Cries of". Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Wordsworth Editions Ltd. p. 48. ISBN 9781840223101.
38. Siegel, Mordecai (2004). The Cat Fanciers' Association Complete Cat Book. HarperCollins. p. 136. ISBN 9780062030399.
39. McCausland, Jim (May 2005). "Hood Canal Hideaway: Between Seattle and the Olympics, an Unsung Getaway Just Got Better". Sunset. 214 (5): 64+. (subscription required (help)).
40. Stallcup, Rich (1993). Birds of California: A Guide to Viewing Distinctive Varieties. American Traveler. p. 38. ISBN 9781558381322.
41. Sharma, S. D. (2007). A Text Book of Scientific and Technical Communication Writing for Engineers and Professionals (3rd ed.). Sarup & Sons. p. 365. ISBN 9788176257510.
42. Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World. Marshall Cavendish. 2001. p. 1460. ISBN 9780761471943.
43. Perez, Larry (2012). Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion. Pineapple Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781561645138.

External links

• List of animal sounds to download, listen and use for free.
• Multilingual list of animal sounds Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
• Multilingual recording of animal sounds – dog, rooster & donkey