List of animal sounds

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

Animal	Description	Sound
Alligator	bellow, hiss	Alligator bellow
Alpaca	alarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream^[1]
Antelope	snort^[2]
Badger	growl^[3]	Badger
Bat	screech,^[4] squeak, eek	Bats
Bear	roar, growl	Bear cub growl
Bee	buzz	Hummel bee Xylocopa pubescens (carpenter bee) offsprings
Big cat (Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard)	roar,^[5] growl,^[6] snarl^[7]	Tiger growl Jaguar making a content "sawing" sound.
Camel	grunt
Capybara	squeak,^[8] chatter, bark
Cat	mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, caterwaul, growl	Cat meow Domestic cat purring
Cattle	moo, low
Chicken	cluck, buck, crow^[9] cha-caw, bah-gawk (female)^[10] cock-a-doodle-doo (male)	Rooster crowing
Chinchilla	squeak^[11]
Cicada	chirp^[12]	Cicada
Crab	chirp, click, creak^[13]^{[better source needed]}
Crane	clang
Cricket	chirp	Cricket
Crow	caw, cah^[14]	Black Crow
Curlew	pipe^[15]
Deer	bellow, bell (buck), bleat (doe, fawn)	Red deer
Dog	arf, bark, boof, bay, howl, growl, snarl, moan, whine, whimper, yelp, scream, sigh, sneeze, woof, yip	Dog bark
Dolphin	click,^[16] whistle^[17]
Donkey	hee-haw,^[18] bray	Domestic donkey brays
Duck	quack	Mallard Duck
Eagle	screech^[19]	Bald Eagle
Elephant	trumpet	Elephant trumpet
Elk	bugle (male),^[20] bleat (calves)^[21]	Elk bellow
Ferret	dook^[22]
Fly	buzz^[23]
Fox	bark, scream, howl, snore, gecker^[24]
Fish	glub
Frog	croak, ribbit	Pacific tree frog
Gaur	low, moo
Giraffe	bleat,^[25] hum^[26]	Giraffe hum
Goat	bleat, maa	Herd of goats bleating
Goose	honk, hiss	Geese Honking
Grasshopper	chirp^[27]	Grasshoppers chirping
Guinea pig	wheek^[28]
Hamster	squeak^[29]
Hawk	screech	Hawk screeching
Hermit crab	chirp^[30]
Hippopotamus	growl^[31]
Hornet	buzz	Hummel bee
Horse	neigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats (clip-clop)
Hyena	laugh	Spotted Hyena
Jackal	gecker^[6]
Koala	bellow, shriek
Kangaroo	jump
Laughing kookaburra	laugh
Lemur	chatter, whoop
Leopard	roar, growl, snarl
Linnet	chuckle^[32]
Lion	roar, growl, snarl	Lion roar
Locust	chirp^[27]
Magpie	chatter^[33]	Magpie
Monkey	scream, chatter, gecker,^[6] howl	Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
Moose	bellow^[34]
Mosquito	buzz, whine
Mouse	squeak
Okapi	cough, bellow^[35]
Owl	hoot, hiss, caterwaul for barred owls, twit twoo for tawny owls ^[36]	Great horned owl
Ox	low, moo
Parrot	squawk, talk	White-capped Parrot Rose-ringed Parakeet imitating human speech
Peacock	scream,^[37] squawk, honk	Peacock
Penguin	chirp, honk, trumpet, bray
Pig	oink,^[31]^[38] snort,^[39] squeal, grunt	Pig
Pigeon	coo	Wood pigeon
Prairie dog	bark^[40]
Quail	call	Call of a male common quail
Rabbit	squeak	Rabbit
Raccoon	trill^[41]	Baby Raccoon Chatter
Rat	squeak
Raven	caw, cronk	Common Raven
River otter	blow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp,^[42] purr^[43]
Rook	caw
Seal	bark^[44]
Sheep	bleat, baa, maa, meh (lambs)	Sheep
Snake	hiss, rattle	Rattlesnake
Songbird	chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble (larks / warblers / wrens),^[45]^[46] twitter (sparrows)^[47]	Goldfinch
Squirrel	squeak
Swan	cry, trumpet, bugle	Trumpeter swan
Tapir	squeak^[48]
Tokay gecko	croak^[49]	Tokay gecko mating call
Turkey	gobble	Wild Turkey
Whale	sing	Humpback whale
Wild boar	growl, grumble	Wild boar
Wildebeest	low, moo
Wolf	howl, growl, bay	Wolf howls
Zebra	bray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker

References

^ "Important Question: What Sound Does An Alpaca Make?". Modern Farmer. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ Caro, Tim (2005). Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals. University of Chicago Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780226094366.
^ Schwartz, Charles Walsh; Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). The Wild Mammals of Missouri (2nd revised ed.). University of Missouri Press. p. 316. ISBN 9780826213594.
^ Boughman, Janette Wenrick; Wilkinson, Gerald S. (1999). "Social Influences on Foraging in Bats". Mammalian Social Learning: Comparative and Ecological Perspectives (72). University of Cambridge Press: 195.
^ "Big Cat Facts". Animal Facts Encyclopedia. Copyright by Jenise Alongi. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Estes, Richard (1991). The Behavior Guide to African Mammals: Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, Primates. University of California Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780520080850.
^ Schaller, George B. (1967). The Deer and the Tiger. University of Chicago Press. p. 261. ISBN 9780226736570.
^ 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.
^ Why Do Roosters Crow?: First Questions and Answers about Farms. Time-Life for Children. 1995. ISBN 9780783508993.
^ 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
^ Winter, Lisa. The Ultimate Guide To Chinchilla Care. Simple Sequence Books. p. 24.
^ Power, Carla (September 4, 2000). "Ruins with A View". Newsweek International: 24.
^ "What sound does a crab make?". Answers. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
^ Holmes, Hannah (2005). Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn. Bloomsbury. p. 10. ISBN 9781596918115.
^ White, Gilbert (1837). The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The naturalist's calendar and miscellaneous observations. p. 449.
^ Wilson, Ben (1998). Dolphins of the World. Voyager Press. p. 29. ISBN 9780896585362.
^ Harley, Heidi E. (13 November 2007). "Whistle discrimination and categorization by the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): A review of the signature whistle framework and a perceptual test". Behavioural Processes. 77 (2). Elsevier: 243–268. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2007.11.002. PMID 18178338.
^ Metz, Lorijo (2011). Donkeys: Jennies, Jacks, and Foals. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 10. ISBN 9781448806881.
^ "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.
^ Thomas, Jack Ward; Toweill, Dale (2002). Elk of North America, Ecology and Management. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-8117-0571-4.
^ 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 ..
^ Mathis, Christine; Morton, E. Lynn (2010). Ferrets. Barron's. p. 87. ISBN 9780764143328.
^ "House Fly Sounds: How House Flies Generate the Sound We Hear | Orkin". www.orkin.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ "What does the red fox say?". Popular Science. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
^ Silverstein, Alvin; Silverstein, Virginia (1980). Nature's Champions: The Biggest, the Fastest, the Best. Random House. p. 19. ISBN 9780486428888.
^ Baotic, A.; Sicks, F.; Stoeger, A. S. (2015). "Nocturnal "humming" vocalizations: adding a piece to the puzzle of giraffe vocal communication". BMC Research Notes. 8: 425. doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1394-3. PMC 4565008. PMID 26353836.
^ ^a ^b Heinrichs, Anna (2002). Grasshoppers. Compass Point Books. p. 4. ISBN 9780756501662.
^ Gunter, Veronika Alica; Newcomb, Rain (2006). Pet Science: 50 Purr-fectly Woof-worthy Activities for You & Your Pets. Lark Books. p. 21. ISBN 9781579907860.
^ Bartlett, Patricia Pope (2003). The Hamster Handbook. Barron's. p. 37. ISBN 9780764122941.
^ Wilkins, Kelli A. (2007). Hermit Crabs For Dummies. Wiley Publishing. ISBN 9781118068267.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Le Clerc, Georges Louis (1793). The natural history of birds, from the Fr. of the count de Buffon. p. 54.
^ Birkhead, Tim (1991). The Magpies: The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-Billed and Yellow-Billed Magpies. T & AD Poyser. p. 250. ISBN 9781408137772.
^ "Moose". International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish. 2002. p. 1656.
^ 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.
^ Trust, Woodland (2023-12-21). "Identify UK owl calls". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
^ Attarde, I. P. (2007). Encyclopedic Graded Grammar. Vol. 1. LULU. p. 25. ISBN 9781435707177.
^ "Oink." Merriam-Webster. 26-01-2016.
^ QA International Collectif (1999). So Many Ways to Communicate - A new way to explore the animal kingdom. Québec Amerique. p. 29. ISBN 9782764409213.
^ Valerie V. Tynes, ed. (2010). Behavior of Exotic Pets. Blackwell. p. 149. ISBN 9781118710135.
^ Siegel, Mordecai (2004). The Cat Fanciers' Association Complete Cat Book. HarperCollins. p. 136. ISBN 9780062030399.
^ Walkley, Sarah (Spring 2018). "Vocalizations of North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in Two Human Care Populations". Master's Theses. 144 (3): 1954. Bibcode:2018ASAJ..144.1954W. doi:10.1121/1.5068543. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ Pesaturo, Janet (11 February 2020). "River Otter Vocalizations: the Purr". Winterberry Wildlife. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ McCausland, Jim (May 2005). "Hood Canal Hideaway: Between Seattle and the Olympics, an Unsung Getaway Just Got Better". Sunset. 214 (5): 64+.
^ Rao, S. N. (2004). Strengthen Your English. V. V. K. Subburaj. p. 26. ISBN 9788172540531.
^ Stallcup, Rich (1993). Birds of California: A Guide to Viewing Distinctive Varieties. American Traveler. p. 38. ISBN 9781558381322.
^ 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.
^ Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World. Marshall Cavendish. 2001. p. 1460. ISBN 9780761471943.
^ 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

[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.

[4] Boughman, Janette Wenrick; Wilkinson, Gerald S. (1999). "Social Influences on Foraging in Bats". Mammalian Social Learning: Comparative and Ecological Perspectives (72). University of Cambridge Press: 195.

[5] "Big Cat Facts". Animal Facts Encyclopedia. Copyright by Jenise Alongi. Retrieved March 17, 2016.

[estes-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] 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.

[9] Why Do Roosters Crow?: First Questions and Answers about Farms. Time-Life for Children. 1995. ISBN 9780783508993.

[10] 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

[11] Winter, Lisa. The Ultimate Guide To Chinchilla Care. Simple Sequence Books. p. 24.

[12] Power, Carla (September 4, 2000). "Ruins with A View". Newsweek International: 24.

[13] "What sound does a crab make?". Answers. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

[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] Harley, Heidi E. (13 November 2007). "Whistle discrimination and categorization by the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus): A review of the signature whistle framework and a perceptual test". Behavioural Processes. 77 (2). Elsevier: 243–268. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2007.11.002. PMID 18178338.

[18] Metz, Lorijo (2011). Donkeys: Jennies, Jacks, and Foals. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 10. ISBN 9781448806881.

[19] "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.

[Thomas-20] Thomas, Jack Ward; Toweill, Dale (2002). Elk of North America, Ecology and Management. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-8117-0571-4.

[21] 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 ..

[22] Mathis, Christine; Morton, E. Lynn (2010). Ferrets. Barron's. p. 87. ISBN 9780764143328.

[23] "House Fly Sounds: How House Flies Generate the Sound We Hear | Orkin". www.orkin.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[24] "What does the red fox say?". Popular Science. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2021-10-28.

[25] Silverstein, Alvin; Silverstein, Virginia (1980). Nature's Champions: The Biggest, the Fastest, the Best. Random House. p. 19. ISBN 9780486428888.

[26] Baotic, A.; Sicks, F.; Stoeger, A. S. (2015). "Nocturnal "humming" vocalizations: adding a piece to the puzzle of giraffe vocal communication". BMC Research Notes. 8: 425. doi:10.1186/s13104-015-1394-3. PMC 4565008. PMID 26353836.

[Grasshoppers_Heinrichs-27] Heinrichs, Anna (2002). Grasshoppers. Compass Point Books. p. 4. ISBN 9780756501662.

[28] Gunter, Veronika Alica; Newcomb, Rain (2006). Pet Science: 50 Purr-fectly Woof-worthy Activities for You & Your Pets. Lark Books. p. 21. ISBN 9781579907860.

[29] Bartlett, Patricia Pope (2003). The Hamster Handbook. Barron's. p. 37. ISBN 9780764122941.

[30] Wilkins, Kelli A. (2007). Hermit Crabs For Dummies. Wiley Publishing. ISBN 9781118068267.

[bumper-31] 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.

[32] Le Clerc, Georges Louis (1793). The natural history of birds, from the Fr. of the count de Buffon. p. 54.

[33] Birkhead, Tim (1991). The Magpies: The Ecology and Behaviour of Black-Billed and Yellow-Billed Magpies. T & AD Poyser. p. 250. ISBN 9781408137772.

[34] "Moose". International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Marshall Cavendish. 2002. p. 1656.

[35] 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.

[36] Trust, Woodland (2023-12-21). "Identify UK owl calls". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 2024-02-13.

[37] Attarde, I. P. (2007). Encyclopedic Graded Grammar. Vol. 1. LULU. p. 25. ISBN 9781435707177.

[38] "Oink." Merriam-Webster. 26-01-2016.

[39] QA International Collectif (1999). So Many Ways to Communicate - A new way to explore the animal kingdom. Québec Amerique. p. 29. ISBN 9782764409213.

[40] Valerie V. Tynes, ed. (2010). Behavior of Exotic Pets. Blackwell. p. 149. ISBN 9781118710135.

[41] Siegel, Mordecai (2004). The Cat Fanciers' Association Complete Cat Book. HarperCollins. p. 136. ISBN 9780062030399.

[42] Walkley, Sarah (Spring 2018). "Vocalizations of North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in Two Human Care Populations". Master's Theses. 144 (3): 1954. Bibcode:2018ASAJ..144.1954W. doi:10.1121/1.5068543. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[43] Pesaturo, Janet (11 February 2020). "River Otter Vocalizations: the Purr". Winterberry Wildlife. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[44] McCausland, Jim (May 2005). "Hood Canal Hideaway: Between Seattle and the Olympics, an Unsung Getaway Just Got Better". Sunset. 214 (5): 64+.

[strengthen-45] Rao, S. N. (2004). Strengthen Your English. V. V. K. Subburaj. p. 26. ISBN 9788172540531.

[46] Stallcup, Rich (1993). Birds of California: A Guide to Viewing Distinctive Varieties. American Traveler. p. 38. ISBN 9781558381322.

[47] 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.

[48] Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World. Marshall Cavendish. 2001. p. 1460. ISBN 9780761471943.

[49] Perez, Larry (2012). Snake in the Grass: An Everglades Invasion. Pineapple Press. p. 55. ISBN 9781561645138.

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