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.
Birds with infections in the lungs or air sacs may have difficulty breathing. "A bird with increased respiratory effort generally shows an up and down bob of its tail with each breath." Some birds with respiratory disease will have watery eyes; still others will sneeze, wheeze, cough, and have nasal discharge.
There are many causes of sneezing in a bird. The occasional sneeze may be a normal occurrence. In most cases if sneezing is regular and/or is combined with a wet nasal discharge further veterinary investigation is required.
If your bird has a voice change and is coughing a lot, that is a tale tale sign of breathing difficulties. With the unnatural use of a tail bob to breath, your bird may be taking in too much air causing even more irritation to the throat and lungs. Coughing is a sign of congestion.
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.
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.
Greenfinch. The trills of a greenfinch's song are bolder than those of its close relative, the goldfinch, and frequently include a distinctive wheezing sound.
On Dartmoor it is said that to avert any bad luck one must spit three times over the right shoulder and recite the following; “Clean birds by sevens, Unclean by twos; The dove in the heavens, Is the one I choose.” This is probably associated with the belief that the magpie refused to go into the ark but the dove ...
Aspergillosis may cause the bird's voice to suddenly turn raspy or hoarse, or the bird may now be making an involuntary “squeak” or high-pitched whistle, which it never made before. Other diseases that can affect the airway include tracheitis, bronchitis, air sac disease, pneumonia and tracheal tumor.
Since birds have no vocal cords, it is believed that the larynx has little to do with how they call or sing. It's all very scientific and difficult to explain. However, since laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx, and birds do have a larynx, it seems logical that birds, like people, can get laryngitis.
White mucous congestion of the lungs and air sacs, and nodules in the lungs may be noted during examination of the bird. The air sacs may become inflamed, leading to a condition sometimes called airsacculitis. In the chronic form, labored breathing, voice change, lack of energy, depression, and emaciation may occur.
This is generally considered a poor prognostic indicator, and death may occur within one to two weeks. Viral – Respiratory disease can be a component of many viral infections including Poxvirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Paramyxovirus and Orthomyxovirus.
Lethargy. Bird makes sounds similar to coughing (but birds can't cough since they don't have a diaphragm) Voice changes.
Bird fancier's lung (BFL), also known as bird breeder's lung, is a type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It can cause shortness of breath, fever, dry cough, chest pain, anorexia and weight loss, fatigue, and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (the most serious complication).
The drugs of choice for respiratory infections are penicillins, cephalosporins, tetracyclines, trimethoprim-sulfa, chloramphenicol, fluoroquinolones, doxycycline, macrolides and for anaerobic infections clindamycin or metronidazole.
Aspiration often occurs as birds begin to wean. Clinical signs include increased respiration, respiratory distress, poor feeding response, and depression.
Sneezing, or coughing, is a symptom of a cold or similar virus in the budgie's upper respiratory tract. There will be an accompanying runny nose, or the cere will be caked in dried nasal discharge.
Chlamydia psittaci is a type of bacteria that often infects birds. Less commonly, these bacteria can infect people and cause a disease called psittacosis. Psittacosis can cause mild illness or pneumonia (lung infection). To help prevent this illness, follow good precautions when handling and cleaning birds and cages.
It may be the weirdest noise in the woods: the thrumming whumps of the male Ruffed Grouse. Familiar as these accelerating burps still are to hunters and hikers of the north woods, the origin of this bizarre sound was long a mystery.
“At this time of year, hungry barn owl chicks are calling to their parents for food, a rasping sound often referred to as snoring,” says Catherine Fegan, Barn Owl Officer with Ulster Wildlife.
The black-capped chickadee is a common bird spotted all over the area. They are compact with a thin, short bill. They have a black "cap" on the top of their head with white cheeks and a contrast bib. Their song is two notes, and it often sounds like they are calling out to their friends like "yoo-hoo!"