List of animal sounds
List of common words used to describe animal noises and their audio recordings
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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
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Alligator | bellow, hiss | |
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Alpaca | alarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream[2] | |
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Antelope | snort[3] | |
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Badger | growl[4] | |
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Bat | screech,[5] squeak, eek | |
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Bear | roar, growl | |
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Beaver | grunting, sighing, gnawing, whining, tooth chattering, hissing[6] | |
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Bee | buzz | |
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Big cat (Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard) | roar,[7] growl,[8] snarl[9] | |
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Bison | bellow, moo, low | |
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Camel | grunt | |
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Capybara | squeak,[10] chatter, bark | |
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Cat | mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, chirp, chatter, caterwaul, growl, mrrp, nya | |
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Cattle | moo, low | |
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Chicken | cluck, buck, crow[11] cha-caw, bah-gawk (female)[12] cock-a-doodle-doo (male) |
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Chinchilla | squeak[13] | |
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Cicada | chirp[14] | |
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Coyote | yip, howl, yelp, whine, growl, huff, bark[16] | |
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Crab | chirp, click, creak[17][better source needed] | |
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Crane | trumpet, bugle[18] | |
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Cricket | chirp | |
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Crow | caw, cah[19] | |
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Crocodile | hiss, growl | |
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Curlew | pipe[20] | |
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Deer | bellow, bell (buck), bleat (doe, fawn) | |
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Dog | arf, bark, boof, bay, howl, growl, snarl, moan, whine, whimper, yelp, scream, sigh, sneeze, woof, yip, yap | |
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Dolphin | click,[21] whistle,[22] squeal | |
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Donkey | hee-haw,[23] bray | |
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Duck | quack | |
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Eagle | screech[24] | |
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Elephant | trumpet, snort, rumble, growl, roar | |
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Elk | bugle (male),[25] bleat (calves)[26] | |
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Ferret | dook, hiss, squeak[27][28] | |
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Fish | brrp, click, blub, glub, honk[29] | |
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Fly | buzz[30] | |
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Fox | bark, scream, howl, snore, yip, yap, yop, gecker[31] | |
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Frog | croak, ribbit, chirp | |
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Gaur | low, moo | |
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Giraffe | bleat,[32] hum[33] | |
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Goat | bleat, maa | |
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Goose | honk, hiss | |
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Gorilla | hoot, belch, roar[34] | |
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Grasshopper | chirp[35] | |
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Guinea pig | wheek[36], purr[37] | |
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Hamster | squeak[38] | |
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Hawk | screech | |
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Hermit crab | chirp[39] | |
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Hippopotamus | growl,[40] grunt, snort | |
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Hornet | buzz | |
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Horse | neigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats (clip-clop) | |
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Hyena | laugh, whoop | |
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Jackal | gecker[8] | |
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Koala | bellow, shriek | |
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Laughing kookaburra | laugh | |
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Lemur | chatter, whoop | |
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Leopard | roar, growl, snarl | |
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Linnet | chuckle[41] | |
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Lion | roar, growl, snarl | |
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Lizard | hiss | |
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Locust | chirp[35] | |
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Lovebird | chirp, squack, caw, ca-dih, bababa, bahp | |
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Magpie | chatter[42] | |
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Meerkat | bark | |
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Monkey | scream, chatter, gecker,[8] howl | |
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Moose | bellow[43] | |
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Mosquito | buzz, whine | |
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Mouse | squeak | |
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Okapi | cough, bellow[44] | |
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Opossum | click, growl, hiss | |
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Owl | hoot, hiss, caterwaul (barred owls), twit twoo (tawny owls)[45] | |
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Ox | low, moo | |
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Parrot | squawk, talk | |
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Peacock | scream,[46] squawk, honk | |
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Penguin | chirp, honk, trumpet, bray | |
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Pig | oink,[40][47] snort,[48] squeal, grunt | |
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Pigeon | coo | |
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Prairie dog | bark[49] | |
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Quail | call[50] | |
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Rabbit | squeak | |
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Raccoon | trill[51] | |
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Rat | squeak | |
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Raven | caw, cronk | |
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River otter | blow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp,[52][53] purr[54] | |
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Rook | caw | |
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Seal | bark[55] | |
| Seagull | squawks[56] | ||
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Sheep | bleat, baa, maa, meh (lambs) | |
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Snake | hiss, rattle | |
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Songbird | chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble (larks / warblers / wrens),[57][58] twitter (sparrows)[59] | |
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Squirrel | squeak | |
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Swan | cry, trumpet, bugle | |
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Tapir | squeak[60] | |
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Tokay gecko | croak[61] | |
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Turkey | gobble | |
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Turtle | grunt (mating), hiss | |
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Whale | sing | |
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Wild boar | growl, grumble | |
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Wildebeest | low, moo | |
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Wolf | howl, growl, bay | |
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Zebra | bray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker | |
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American woodcock | meep, peent (birders) |
