List of animal sounds

This is a list of animal sounds in the English language. Most of these words can be used as either noun or
verb. A majority of them are onomatopoeia.

Al igators – hiss, grunt, roar, ugh- Jackals – gecker,

ugh Antelope – snort howl Jays – chatter,
Badgers – growl screech Kangaroos –
Bats – screech chortle
Bears – growl, groan, moan, roar Koalas – scream, bel ow, wail
Bees – hum, buzz Komodo dragons – growl, snarl,
Beetles – drone, click hiss Lambs – bleat, baa
Birds – chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, Larks – sing, warble
whistle Linnets – chuckle
Bitterns – boom Lions – roar, growl
Blackbirds – whistle Llamas – maw
Bonobos – chirp, squeal, screech, Magpies – chatter
shriek, squeak, hoot Mice – squeak and squeal
Calves – bleat Monkeys – chatter, gecker, gibber,
Camels – grunt whoop, screech
Capuchins – chirp, chatter, tril Moose – bel ow
Cats – mew, purr, meow, miaow, hiss, Mosquitoes – whine
yowl, caterwaul Narwhals – squeal
Chaf inch – ow Nightingales – pipe, sing, warble
Chickens – cluck, cackle, bock, chirp, Okapis – cough, bel ow
crow, screech, peep, cockadoodledoo Orangutans Groan, grunt, smooch,
Chimpanzees – pant-hoot, grunt, scream, wheeze, chirp, squeal, sputter
chatter, screech, bark Ostriches – chirp, bark, hiss, low
Chinchil as – hum Owls – hoot, scream, screech,
squeak Cicadas – shriek Oxen – bel ow, low
chirp Parrots – mimic a variety of sounds, screech,
Cows – moo, low, bawl (calf), bel squawk
ow Coyotes – yelp, cry, snarl Peacocks – scream
Crickets – chirp, creak Peafowls – scream
Crows – caw, cah Pigs – snort, grunt, squeal, oink
Cuckoos – coo, cuckoo Pigeons – coo
Curlews – pipe Porpoises – whistle, click
Deer – bel Prairie dogs – bark
Dingos – bark, cry Puf ins – chirp
Dogs – bark, woof, arf, bay, bow-wow, Queleas – chatter
howl, yap Rabbits – squeak, drum, growl
Dolphins – click (when cornered)
Donkeys – bray, hee-haw Raccoons – tril
Doves – coo-coo Rats – squeak, eek, brux
Ducks – quack Ravens – croak
Eagles – scream Rhinoceros – bel ow
Elephants – trumpet, roar, moan, rumble Robins – chirp
Emus – drum Rooks – caw
Falcons – chant Roosters – crow
Ferrets – dook Seagul s – scream, squawk
Flies – buzz, hum Seals – bark
Foxes – bark, yelp, simper Sheep – bleat, baa
Frogs – croak, ribbit, gribbit Snakes – hiss
Geese – cackle, gobble, hiss, honk, quack Sparrows – chirp, twitter
Gibbons – whoop, chirp, screech, wail Squirrels – squeak, chatter, click
Giraf es – bleat Stags – bel ow
Goats – bleat, baa Swal ows – twitter, squeal
Goril as – hoot, bark, grunt, whine, pock, Swans – cry
pant Grasshoppers – chirp Tapirs – whistle, squeak
Guinea pigs – Tigers – growl, roar, snarl
squeak Hamsters – Thrushes – whistle, sing
squeak Hares – Tokay Geckos – croak
squeak Hens – Turkeys – gobble
cackle, cluck Hermit Vervets – chirp, chatter, grunt, bark,
crabs- chirp coo, sputter
Hippopotamuses – bel ow, rumble, roar, Vultures –
growl Hogs – grunt, snort scream Walruses
Horses – neigh, snort, whinny, nicker, sputter – groan Whales –
Humans – whisper, hum, whistle, cry, scream, sing
sing, talk, moan, laugh, sputter, mimic other Wolves – howl, cry, yel
animals, coo Wrens – tril , warble
Hummingbirds – hum, twitter Zebras – whinny, whoop
Hyenas – laugh, scream, whoop