Cries of Animals and Birds
Beauties of English Index
This is a list of names for the Cries of Animals and Birds.
| Animal |
Cry |
| Apes |
gibber |
|
| asses |
bray |
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| bees |
hum |
|
| beetles |
drone |
|
| bears |
growl |
|
| bitterns |
boom |
|
| blackbirds |
whistle |
|
| blackcaps |
we speak of the“chick-chick" of the blackcap |
|
| bulls |
bellow |
|
| canaries |
sing or quaver |
|
| cats |
mew, purr, swear, and caterwaul |
|
| calves |
bleat and blear |
|
| chaffinches |
chirp or pink |
|
| chickens |
pip |
|
| cicadæ |
sing |
|
| cocks |
crow |
|
| cows |
moo or low |
|
| crows |
caw |
|
| cuckoos |
cry, cuckoo |
|
| deer |
bell |
|
| dogs |
bark, bay, howl, and yelp |
|
| doves |
coo |
|
| ducks |
quack |
|
| eagles |
scream |
|
| falcons |
chant |
|
| flies |
buzz |
|
| foxes |
bark and yelp |
|
| frogs |
croak |
|
| geese |
cackle and hiss |
|
| goldfinch |
we speak of the “merry twinkle" of the female |
| grasshoppers |
chirp and pitter |
| grouse |
we speak of the “drumming" of the grouse |
|
| guineafowls |
cry “come back" |
|
| guineapigs |
squeak |
|
| hares |
squeak |
|
| hawks |
scream |
|
| hens |
cackle and cluck |
|
| horses |
neigh and whinny |
|
| hyenas |
laugh |
|
| jays |
chatter |
|
| kittens |
mew |
|
| lambs |
baa and bleat |
|
| larks |
sing |
|
| linnets |
chuckle in their call |
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| lions |
roar |
|
| magpies |
chatter |
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| mice |
squeak and squeal |
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| monkeys |
chatter and gibber |
|
| nightingales |
pipe and warble—we also speak of its “jug-jug" |
|
| owls |
hoot and screech |
|
| oxen |
low and bellow |
|
| parrots |
talk |
|
| peacocks |
scream |
|
| peewits |
cry “pee-wit" |
|
| pigeons |
coo |
|
| pigs |
grunt, squeak, and squeal |
|
| ravens |
croak |
|
| redstarts |
whistle |
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| rooks |
caw |
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| screech-owls |
screech or shriek |
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| sheep |
baa or bleat |
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| snakes |
hiss |
|
| sparrows |
chirp or yelp |
|
| stags |
bellow and call |
|
| swallows |
twitter |
|
| swans |
cry—we also speak of the “bombilation" of the swan |
|
| thrushes |
whistle |
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| tigers |
growl |
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| tits |
we speak of the “twittwit" of the bottle-tit |
| turkey-cocks |
gobble |
| vultures |
scream |
| whitethroats |
chirr |
| wolves |
howl |
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