Yet another imitative word, croak is defined as a “hoarse harsh cry or sound,” which describes the calls of both the common raven and the American bittern.
The Pheasant coucal for me is the essence of the wet season in Queensland. The echoing call of the whoop whoop bird soothes my soul and reassures me that I am really home.
Yaffler, Yaffingale, Laughing Bird and Yuckel are just a few of the names that the Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis, goes by. All refer to its distinctive laughing song which can often be heard ringing through deciduous woods, heaths, parks and farmland across England, Wales and much of Scotland.
Have you heard what sounds like a rusty bicycle making its way through the forest recently? That “squeaky wheel” is the signature sound of the Black-and-white Warbler, Mniotilta varia, a migrating songbird and summer resident in the deciduous and mixed forests of North Carolina and much of the Eastern United States.
Brown-headed Nuthatches don't sing complicated songs, but they are plenty vocal. They make tiny squeaks that sound like a toy rubber ducky being squeezed. These wheezy 2-syllable notes emanate from the treetops year-round. They repeat each squeak 1–12 times.
The name “Veery” was inspired by the song that males use to defend territory. A series of variations on veer, the song descends slightly in pitch, and resonates as if whirling around inside a metal pipe. A group of nineteenth-century observers called it “an inexpressibly delicate metallic utterance…
A Kookaburra Call or Laugh
The distinct voice of the Kookaburra sounds like human laughing— some people think!
The laughing kookaburra of Australia is known for its call, which sounds like a cackling laugh.
kookaburra, also called laughing kookaburra or laughing jackass, (species Dacelo novaeguineae), eastern Australian bird of the kingfisher family (Alcedinidae), whose call sounds like fiendish laughter.
How do we manage their booming population? One of Australia's "most hated birds" — the noisy miner — is now one of its most common, dominating urban environments and driving out smaller and more vulnerable species.
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.
"You're not hearing things, our resident lyrebird Echo has the AMAZING ability to replicate a variety of calls - including a baby's cry." Echo is a superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), an Australian bird named for the shape of its tail during courting, according to Britannica.
Male Brown-headed Cowbird sing a liquid-sounding series of low gurgling notes followed by thin sliding whistles, lasting slightly longer than 1 second. Song learning in cowbirds has been an interesting scientific puzzle, since the birds aren't raised by members of their own species.
The monotonous, repetitive call of the Common Ground-Dove brings to mind sultry and languid Southern summers, when the species' plaintive call is often heard; hence the colloquial name “moaning” dove.
That coughing sound is the call of a Southern Cassowary. It's a huge, flightless, prehistoric-looking bird, found in the tropical forests of Northeastern Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
? Laughing kookaburras are native to Australia, and. their call has been used as a sound effect in jungle. movies for many years, where it sounds like a group of. monkeys.
When a Mourning Dove takes off or lands, it flaps its wings quickly. The air rushing through these special feathers makes them vibrate and create sound (kind of like a kazoo).
Red-breasted nuthatches prefer coniferous woods (pines, evergreens) to hardwoods. If you're watching a feeder in or near a mixed forest or evergreen forest, you're likely to see them. Their yank-yank call sounds like a tiny clown horn.
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.
Playful Keas Produce Contagious Laughter
Keas [Pronounced KEE-uhz] are large alpine parrots that live on New Zealand's South Island. They're the clowns of the parrot world.
The Australian Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) is a common songbird found in woodlands and forests throughout east and south-eastern Australia, as well as the south-west.
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.
The Wood Thrush's easily recognized, flute-like ee-oh-lay is actually only the middle phrase of a three-part song. It learns the phrase from other Wood Thrushes and sings several variants with 2 to 10 loud, clear notes.
Calls. Cedar Waxwings have two common calls: a high-pitched, trilled bzeee and a sighing whistle, about a half-second long, often rising in pitch at the beginning. Cedar Waxwings call often, especially in flight.