Which bird makes this distinctive sound? It's a Kookaburra! The loud distinctive call of the laughing kookaburra is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve an Australian bush setting or tropical jungle, especially in older movies.
Steller's Jays
In particular, these jays are known to mimic the sounds of loud alarms and, especially, ambulance sirens. They are sometimes referred to as 'the noisy jay' because they can make a variety of very loud noises.
Like many owls, Barred Owls initiate their vocal courtship in winter. And they're among the most vocal. These owls have more than a dozen calls, ranging from a "siren call" to a "wail" to a wonderfully entertaining "monkey call." Barred Owls are among the largest owls in North America.
The white bellbird, found in the Guianas, Brazil and Venezuela, is known as the world's loudest bird, and the sounds they make can be quite a shock. Used as mating calls, their cries sound more like a fire alarm than the chirp of a bird, and can reach up to 125 decibels, the same level as a very loud concert.
Named for the often-heard “curra-wong” call, Pied Currawongs make a range of other vocalisations including loud ringing calls, gurgles and whistles.
Although many species of bird imitate other birds, the Northern Mockingbird is the best known in North America for doing it. It can learn up to as many as 200 sounds. It imitates not only birds but also other animals and mechanical sounds such as a car alarm and lawn mowers, a gate opening.
The European Starling — the continent's most abundant non-native bird — is an accomplished mimic. Starlings are especially astute imitators of bird sounds that have a whistled feel — like the sound of a Killdeer or quail. They can duplicate a car alarm or phone ring, too.
Many primates and birds have elaborate alarm calls for warning conspecifics of approaching predators. For example, the alarm call of the blackbird is a familiar sound in many gardens. Other animals, like fish and insects, may use non-auditory signals, such as chemical messages.
“Marmots typically alarm call when they see natural predators, such as coyotes, foxes, and sometimes when they see eagles and other large birds. Depending upon where marmots live and how used they are to people, marmots may alarm call when they see a person.”
Birds give alarm calls when they see a predator, and in many cases they even have calls specific to an avian predator like a hawk or owl. In June 2011 I was at the Pine Butte Guest Ranch in Montana, and heard alarm calls from several species including some very agitated American Robins.
Siren, in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. According to Homer, there were two Sirens on an island in the western sea between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla.
It's the American woodcock, a member of the shorebird family. Cousin to sandpipers and yellowlegs but with many amazing twists to its behavior and life history.
California Towhee
Instead, it emits a loud, periodic beeping that sounds like a smoke detector running low on batteries—a noise my dad refers to as a “chirp bomb.” You'll hear it from below rather than above, since towhees like to forage through leaf litter, quickly jumping forward and back in search of bugs.
Starlings have been known to learn the high-pitched, duo-toned screech of a car alarm.
Male limpkins are well known for producing a repetitive, high-pitched wail or scream that sounds remarkably human-like when it wakes you up in the dead of night.
It's a shoe-billed stork yapping its jaws at lightning speed. Sounds like a machine gun.
Australian Owlet-nightjars make a variety of sounds, the most commonly heard calls include a series of soft churring notes. The calls of this species are one of the most commonly heard sounds of the Australian bush at night.
Maybe Song Sparrow? Their song is varied, but they usually have a few leading notes which sort of sound like the little beeps your smoke detector gives when its battery is low and then a longer final note that is sort of a trill. Northern Cardinals also might be a candidate.
The males blast a song, which sounds like a melodic air horn, in the face of a nearby female. The white bellbird may get its extreme volume in part from its large beak that flares out like a trumpet.
Fishes use electric signals to communicate. Whenever they sense the presence of a predator in their area, they warn the other fishes by giving warning calls in the form of electric signals. Whereas, dolphins and birds make different sounds to communicate and warn others of upcoming danger. Q.
Birds use song, call notes and behavior to communicate with each other. Birds use sound and action to scare off predators or warn other birds about danger, to attract a mate or to defend one's territory.
Birds' alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist's trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a new study. Birds' alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators.
Because the lyrebird doesn't know what is a song and what isn't, they'll mimic whatever they hear. In this footage, we hear a lyrebird that has been exposed to a human construction site—and it is astonishing.
In fact, the White Bellbird has the loudest bird call ever documented, according to a paper published today in the journal Current Biology. Its short, booming, two-part call is three times the sound pressure level—a measure of sound intensity—of the Screaming Piha's call, the previous record-holder.
With a little practice American crows and common ravens can easily be distinguished by their calls. The call of a raven can be best described as a deep, hollow croak. Crows on the other hand, caw. Of course, they can both make at dozens of other sounds including rattles, knocks, coos, clicks, and imitations.