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
| Picture | Animal | Description | Sound |
| frameless | Alligator | bellow, hiss | [file:27alligator2bellow.ogg|thumb|Alligator bellow] |
| frameless | Alpaca | alarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream | |
| frameless | Antelope | snort | |
| frameless | Badger | growl | [file:European Badger (Meles meles) (W1CDR0001490 BD4).ogg|thumb|Badger] |
| frameless | Bat | screech, squeak, eek | file:Yannick Dauby - [Bats echolocation (CC by).ogg|thumb|Bats] |
| frameless | Bear | roar, growl | [file:Bear growl.ogg|thumb|Bear cub growl] |
| frameless | Bee | buzz | [file:Hummel bee.ogg|thumb|Hummel bee] file:BumbleBee1.ogg|thumb|Xylocopa pubescens offsprings |
| frameless | Big cat | roar, growl, snarl | [file:439280 schots angry-tiger.wav|thumb|Tiger growl] [file:Jaguar saw.flac|thumb|Jaguar making a content "sawing" sound.] |
| frameless | Camel | grunt | |
| [file:Capybara Eating Hay 11 11 2018.jpg|alt=Image of a capybara eating hay|frameless] | Capybara | squeak, chatter, bark | |
| frameless | Cat | mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, chirp, chatter, caterwaul, growl | [file:Meow.ogg|thumb|Cat meow] [file:Jupey purring.wav|thumb|Domestic cat purring] |
| frameless | Cattle | moo, low | [file:Mudchute cow 1.ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Chicken | cluck, buck, crow cha-caw, bah-gawk cock-a-doodle-doo | thumb thumb [file:Medium rooster crowing.ogg|thumb|Rooster crowing] |
| frameless | Chinchilla | squeak | |
| frameless | Cicada | chirp | [file:Chorus Cicada singing.ogg|thumb|Cicada] |
| frameless | Crab | chirp, click, creak | |
| frameless | Crane | clang | [file:Grus grus hunneberget.ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Cricket | chirp | [file:Field cricket unedited.ogg|thumb|Cricket] |
| frameless | Crow | caw, cah | [file:Black Crow (Corvus capensis) (W1CDR0000989 BD23).ogg|thumb|Black Crow] |
| Crocodile | hiss, growl | ||
| frameless | Curlew | pipe | [file:Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) (W1CDR0001389 BD26).ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Deer | bellow, bell, bleat | file:Red [Deer (Cervus elaphus) (W1CDR0001424 BD3).ogg|thumb|Red deer] |
| frameless | Dog | arf, bark, boof, bay, howl, growl, snarl, moan, whine, whimper, yelp, scream, sigh, sneeze, woof, yip, yap | file:Barking of [a dog.ogg|thumb|Dog bark] |
| frameless | Dolphin | click, whistle, squeal | |
| frameless | Donkey | hee-haw, bray | [file:Домашний Осёл, Киприотский.ogg|thumb|Domestic donkey brays] |
| frameless | Duck | quack | [file:Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) (W1CDR0001518 BD17).ogg|thumb|Mallard Duck] |
| frameless | Eagle | screech | [file:Bald Eagle Yellowstone National Park.ogg|thumb|Bald Eagle] |
| frameless | Elephant | trumpet, snort, rumble, growl, roar | [file:Elephant voice - trumpeting.ogg|thumb|Elephant trumpet] |
| frameless | Elk | bugle, bleat | [file:Elkbellow.ogg|thumb|Elk bellow] |
| frameless | Ferret | dook | |
| frameless | Fly | buzz | |
| frameless | Fox | bark, scream, howl, snore, gecker | |
| frameless | Frog | croak, ribbit, chirp | [file:Single Frog Croak.oga|thumb|Pacific tree frog] |
| frameless | Gaur | low, moo | [file:Mudchute cow 1.ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Giraffe | bleat, hum | [file:Giraffehum3.oga|thumb|Giraffe hum] |
| frameless | Goat | bleat, maa | [file:Herd of goats bleating.ogg|thumb|Herd of goats bleating] |
| frameless | Goose | honk, hiss | [file:Geese Honking (loud).ogg|thumb|Geese Honking] |
| frameless | Grasshopper | chirp | [file:Grasshoppers.ogg|thumb|Grasshoppers chirping] |
| frameless | Guinea pig | wheek | [file:Guinea Pig Happy.ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Hamster | squeak | |
| frameless | Hawk | screech | [file:Screaming_Hawk.wav|220x124px|thumb|right|Hawk screeching] |
| frameless | Hermit crab | chirp | |
| frameless | Hippopotamus | growl, grunt, snort | |
| frameless | Hornet | buzz | [file:Hummel bee.ogg|thumb|Hummel bee] |
| frameless | Horse | neigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats | [file:Wiehern.ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Hyena | laugh | file:Giggling call of a [spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) - 1472-6785-10-9-S4.oga|thumb|Spotted Hyena] |
| frameless | Jackal | gecker | |
| frameless | Koala | bellow, shriek | |
| Laughing kookaburra | laugh | ||
| frameless | Lemur | chatter, whoop | |
| frameless | Leopard | roar, growl, snarl | |
| frameless | Linnet | chuckle | |
| Lion | roar, growl, snarl | [file:Lion raring-sound1TamilNadu178.ogg|thumb|Lion roar] | |
| Lizard | hiss | ||
| frameless | Locust | chirp | |
| frameless | Magpie | chatter | |
| Meerkat | bark | ||
| frameless | Monkey | scream, chatter, gecker, howl | [file:Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) (W ALOUATTA PALLIATA R1 C2).ogg|thumb|Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)] |
| frameless | Moose | bellow | |
| frameless | Mosquito | buzz, whine | |
| frameless | Mouse | squeak | |
| frameless | Okapi | cough, bellow | |
| frameless | Owl | hoot, hiss, caterwaul for barred owls, twit twoo for tawny owls | |
| frameless | Ox | low, moo | [file:Mudchute cow 1.ogg|thumb| ] |
| frameless | Parrot | squawk, talk | [file:Talking Parrot (Psittacula krameri).ogg|thumb|Rose-ringed Parakeet imitating human speech] |
| frameless | Peacock | scream, squawk, honk | file:Indian [Peafowl.ogg|thumb|Peacock] |
| frameless | Penguin | chirp, honk, trumpet, bray | |
| frameless | Pig | oink, snort, squeal, grunt | [file:Mudchute pig 1.ogg|thumb|Pig] |
| frameless | Pigeon | coo | [file:Wood pigeon call 128.ogg|thumb|Wood pigeon] |
| frameless | Prairie dog | bark | |
| frameless | Quail | call | file:Common Quail .ogg|thumb|Call of a male common quail |
| frameless | Rabbit | squeak | [file:Lautäußerung Kaninchen.flac|thumb|Rabbit] |
| frameless | Raccoon | trill | [file:Baby Raccoon Chatter 1.flac|thumb|Baby Raccoon Chatter] |
| frameless | Rat | squeak | |
| frameless | Raven | caw, cronk | file:Common [Raven (Corvus corax) (W1CDR0001449 BD6).ogg|thumb|Common Raven] |
| frameless | River otter | blow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp, purr | |
| frameless | Rook | caw | |
| frameless | Seal | bark | |
| frameless | Sheep | bleat, baa, maa, meh | [file:Sheep bleating.ogg|thumb|Sheep] |
| frameless | Snake | hiss, rattle | [file:Rattlesnake.ogg|thumb|Rattlesnake] |
| frameless | Songbird | chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble, twitter | [file:30goldfinch.ogg|thumb|Goldfinch] |
| frameless | Squirrel | squeak | |
| frameless | Swan | cry, trumpet, bugle | file:Cygnus buccinator - [Trumpeter Swan - XC96531.ogg|thumb|Trumpeter swan] |
| frameless | Tapir | squeak | |
| frameless | Tokay gecko | croak | [file:Mating_call_of_a_male_Tokay_gecko_(Gekko_gecko).ogg|220x124px|thumb|right|Tokay gecko mating call] |
| frameless | Turkey | gobble | file:Meleagris gallopavo - [Wild Turkey XC136045.ogg|thumb|Wild Turkey] |
| Turtle | hiss, thurek, tulp | ||
| frameless | Whale | sing | file:Humpback-Whale-Song-and-Foraging-Behavior-on-an-Antarctic-Feeding-Ground-pone.0051214.s001.oga|220x124px|thumb|Humpback whale |
| frameless | Wild boar | growl, grumble | file:Boar.Grwls.ogg|thumb|Wild boar |
| frameless | Wildebeest | low, moo | |
| frameless | Wolf | howl, growl, bay | [file:Wolf howls.ogg|thumb|Wolf howls] |
| frameless | Zebra | bray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker |
