Carolina Wren What is this? The Carolina Wren is a tiny bird with a loud, distinctive song that includes several trills and warbles. But if you listen closely, you'll also hear some notes that sound suspiciously like they were produced by a human whistle.
Parrots are especially adept at mimicking sounds and human language. Unlike songbirds, which produce sounds by vibrating membranes in two different syrinxes, parrots have only one syrinx, located at the bottom of the windpipe. This is somewhat similar to humans, who also have only one sound-producing organ, the larynx.
During their breeding season, from June to August, male lyrebirds can be heard singing for up to 4 hours a day. Their songs consist of a conglomeration of different bird calls that they have picked up from their surroundings.
Songs. White-throated Sparrows sing a pretty, thin whistle that sounds like Oh-sweet-canada-canada or Old-Sam-Peabody-Peabody. The whistles are even but typically move slightly up or down in pitch by the second or third note.
To persuade females to come close, the male lyrebird sings the most complex song he can manage. And he does that by copying the sounds of all the other birds he hears around him – including the sounds of chainsaws and camera shutters!
The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is an Australian passerine songbird, one of two species from the family Menuridae, with the other being the much rarer Albert's lyrebird. It is one of the world's largest songbirds, and is renowned for its elaborate tail and courtship displays, and its excellent mimicry.
Considered one of the most intelligent bird species, American Crows have even been known to show interest in different languages. Some bird experts posit that the crow's ability to mimic human voices is rivaled only by the parrot, and that crows might even be more vocal if they were kept as pets as often.
In terms of vocal mimicry, they can imitate almost any whistle. A bottlenose dolphin taught to associate a particular whistle for "sargassum" even recently made that whistle after encountering some of the seaweed as it swam in the wild.
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.
Spotted Catbirds are named for their bizarre cat-like wailing calls (some say it sounds more like a baby crying!) which are a common sound of both lowland and higher altitude rainforests within their range.
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.
The distinct voice of the Kookaburra sounds like human laughing— some people think! They are carnivorous, preferring mice, bugs, small reptiles and snakes.
- Hyena's sound resembles hysterical human laughter. - Hyenas are the animals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.
If you've heard the sound of a bird that sounds like laughing you've probably already heard the call of the green woodpecker. The green woodpecker's call is one of the most readily identifiable sounds in nature so it isn't surprising that many local names for the green woodpecker are onomatopoeic.
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.
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Eastern wood-pewee
If you ever heard sounds like a man whistling at a woman, these medium-sized birds might be the culprit. Eastern wood pewee has a distinctive call that resembles a whistle. Most of the time, it is the male that is singing. These birds typically sing while migrating in the spring.
The most commonly heard call of the Large-tailed Nightjar is a monotonous series of hollow “chonk, chonk, chonk…” notes which sound a bit like a distant chopping or knocking on wood. These sounds are most frequently given just after dusk or just before dawn.
The bobcat's mating call is not one of those. This bobcat call is one often described as sounding like a woman screaming or moaning in agony. It's not often heard by humans, but trust me, if you hear it, you probably won't disregard it.
Bears use the same vocalizations with humans as with other bears: jaw-popping, woofing, low grumbles and moans. These sounds are rarely a sign of aggression, more often a signal that the bear is concerned, nervous or merely upset at what's going on.
Chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans show laughter-like vocalizations in response to physical contact such as wrestling, play chasing or tickling. This behavior is documented in both wild and captive chimpanzees.
The NSW government says magpies can mimic the songs of more than 35 types of bird, and even the sounds of other species, including dogs, horses, and people.
African Greys: Generally considered the most intelligent talking bird species, with speaking/thinking abilities comparable to human toddlers, the Timneh Grey parrot typically learns to talk earlier in life than the Congo African Grey.
To compensate they are looking for the social interaction, and this leads to mimicing human voices and household sounds.