List of animal sounds


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

PictureAnimalDescriptionSound
framelessAlligatorbellow, hiss[file:27alligator2bellow.ogg|thumb|Alligator bellow]
framelessAlpacaalarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream
framelessAntelopesnort
framelessBadgergrowl[file:European Badger (Meles meles) (W1CDR0001490 BD4).ogg|thumb|Badger]
framelessBatscreech, squeak, eekfile:Yannick Dauby - [Bats echolocation (CC by).ogg|thumb|Bats]
framelessBearroar, growl[file:Bear growl.ogg|thumb|Bear cub growl]
framelessBeebuzz[file:Hummel bee.ogg|thumb|Hummel bee] file:BumbleBee1.ogg|thumb|Xylocopa pubescens offsprings
framelessBig cat roar, growl, snarl[file:439280 schots angry-tiger.wav|thumb|Tiger growl] [file:Jaguar saw.flac|thumb|Jaguar making a content "sawing" sound.]
framelessCamelgrunt
[file:Capybara Eating Hay 11 11 2018.jpg|alt=Image of a capybara eating hay|frameless]Capybarasqueak, chatter, bark
framelessCatmew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, chirp, chatter, caterwaul, growl[file:Meow.ogg|thumb|Cat meow] [file:Jupey purring.wav|thumb|Domestic cat purring]
frameless Cattlemoo, low[file:Mudchute cow 1.ogg|thumb| ]
framelessChickencluck, buck, crow
cha-caw, bah-gawk
cock-a-doodle-doo
thumb thumb [file:Medium rooster crowing.ogg|thumb|Rooster crowing]
framelessChinchillasqueak
framelessCicadachirp[file:Chorus Cicada singing.ogg|thumb|Cicada]
framelessCrabchirp, click, creak
framelessCraneclang[file:Grus grus hunneberget.ogg|thumb| ]
framelessCricketchirp[file:Field cricket unedited.ogg|thumb|Cricket]
framelessCrowcaw, cah[file:Black Crow (Corvus capensis) (W1CDR0000989 BD23).ogg|thumb|Black Crow]
Crocodilehiss, growl
framelessCurlewpipe[file:Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) (W1CDR0001389 BD26).ogg|thumb| ]
framelessDeerbellow, bell, bleat file:Red [Deer (Cervus elaphus) (W1CDR0001424 BD3).ogg|thumb|Red deer]
framelessDogarf, bark, boof, bay, howl, growl, snarl, moan, whine, whimper, yelp, scream, sigh, sneeze, woof, yip, yapfile:Barking of [a dog.ogg|thumb|Dog bark]
framelessDolphinclick, whistle, squeal
framelessDonkeyhee-haw, bray[file:Домашний Осёл, Киприотский.ogg|thumb|Domestic donkey brays]
framelessDuckquack[file:Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) (W1CDR0001518 BD17).ogg|thumb|Mallard Duck]
framelessEaglescreech[file:Bald Eagle Yellowstone National Park.ogg|thumb|Bald Eagle]
framelessElephanttrumpet, snort, rumble, growl, roar[file:Elephant voice - trumpeting.ogg|thumb|Elephant trumpet]
framelessElkbugle, bleat [file:Elkbellow.ogg|thumb|Elk bellow]
framelessFerretdook
framelessFlybuzz
frameless Foxbark, scream, howl, snore, gecker
framelessFrogcroak, ribbit, chirp[file:Single Frog Croak.oga|thumb|Pacific tree frog]
framelessGaurlow, moo[file:Mudchute cow 1.ogg|thumb| ]
framelessGiraffebleat, hum[file:Giraffehum3.oga|thumb|Giraffe hum]
framelessGoatbleat, maa[file:Herd of goats bleating.ogg|thumb|Herd of goats bleating]
framelessGoosehonk, hiss[file:Geese Honking (loud).ogg|thumb|Geese Honking]
framelessGrasshopperchirp[file:Grasshoppers.ogg|thumb|Grasshoppers chirping]
framelessGuinea pigwheek[file:Guinea Pig Happy.ogg|thumb| ]
framelessHamstersqueak
framelessHawkscreech[file:Screaming_Hawk.wav|220x124px|thumb|right|Hawk screeching]
framelessHermit crabchirp
framelessHippopotamusgrowl, grunt, snort
framelessHornetbuzz[file:Hummel bee.ogg|thumb|Hummel bee]
framelessHorseneigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats [file:Wiehern.ogg|thumb| ]
framelessHyenalaughfile:Giggling call of a [spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) - 1472-6785-10-9-S4.oga|thumb|Spotted Hyena]
framelessJackalgecker
framelessKoalabellow, shriek
Laughing kookaburralaugh
framelessLemurchatter, whoop
framelessLeopardroar, growl, snarl
framelessLinnetchuckle
Lionroar, growl, snarl[file:Lion raring-sound1TamilNadu178.ogg|thumb|Lion roar]
Lizardhiss
framelessLocustchirp
framelessMagpiechatter
Meerkatbark
framelessMonkeyscream, chatter, gecker, howl[file:Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) (W ALOUATTA PALLIATA R1 C2).ogg|thumb|Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)]
framelessMoosebellow
framelessMosquitobuzz, whine
framelessMousesqueak
framelessOkapicough, bellow
framelessOwlhoot, hiss, caterwaul for barred owls, twit twoo for tawny owls
framelessOxlow, moo[file:Mudchute cow 1.ogg|thumb| ]
framelessParrotsquawk, talk
[file:Talking Parrot (Psittacula krameri).ogg|thumb|Rose-ringed Parakeet imitating human speech]
framelessPeacockscream, squawk, honkfile:Indian [Peafowl.ogg|thumb|Peacock]
framelessPenguinchirp, honk, trumpet, bray
frameless Pigoink, snort, squeal, grunt[file:Mudchute pig 1.ogg|thumb|Pig]
framelessPigeoncoo[file:Wood pigeon call 128.ogg|thumb|Wood pigeon]
framelessPrairie dogbark
framelessQuailcallfile:Common Quail .ogg|thumb|Call of a male common quail
framelessRabbitsqueak[file:Lautäußerung Kaninchen.flac|thumb|Rabbit]
framelessRaccoontrill[file:Baby Raccoon Chatter 1.flac|thumb|Baby Raccoon Chatter]
framelessRatsqueak
framelessRavencaw, cronkfile:Common [Raven (Corvus corax) (W1CDR0001449 BD6).ogg|thumb|Common Raven]
framelessRiver otterblow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp, purr
framelessRookcaw
framelessSealbark
framelessSheepbleat, baa, maa, meh [file:Sheep bleating.ogg|thumb|Sheep]
framelessSnakehiss, rattle[file:Rattlesnake.ogg|thumb|Rattlesnake]
framelessSongbirdchirrup, chirp, tweet, sing,
warble, twitter
[file:30goldfinch.ogg|thumb|Goldfinch]
framelessSquirrelsqueak
framelessSwancry, trumpet, buglefile:Cygnus buccinator - [Trumpeter Swan - XC96531.ogg|thumb|Trumpeter swan]
framelessTapirsqueak
framelessTokay geckocroak[file:Mating_call_of_a_male_Tokay_gecko_(Gekko_gecko).ogg|220x124px|thumb|right|Tokay gecko mating call]
framelessTurkeygobblefile:Meleagris gallopavo - [Wild Turkey XC136045.ogg|thumb|Wild Turkey]
Turtlehiss, thurek, tulp
framelessWhalesingfile:Humpback-Whale-Song-and-Foraging-Behavior-on-an-Antarctic-Feeding-Ground-pone.0051214.s001.oga|220x124px|thumb|Humpback whale
framelessWild boargrowl, grumblefile:Boar.Grwls.ogg|thumb|Wild boar
framelessWildebeestlow, moo
framelessWolfhowl, growl, bay[file:Wolf howls.ogg|thumb|Wolf howls]
framelessZebrabray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker