List of animal sounds
This is a list of animal sounds. This list contains words used in the English language to represent the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words which are used on the list are in the form of verbs, though many can also be used as nouns or interjections, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeias. This list also contains audio recordings of animal sounds.
List of animal sounds
| Picture | Animal | Description | Sound |
| Alligator | bellow, hiss | ||
| Antelope | snort | ||
| Badgers | growl | ||
| Bats | screech, squeak | ||
| Bears | roar, growl | ||
| Bees | buzz | ||
| Big cats | roar, growl, snarl | ||
| Cat/kitten | mew, meow, purr, hiss | ||
| Chicken/hen/chick | cluck, crow | ||
| Chinchillas | squeak | ||
| Cicadas | chirp | ||
| Cow/bull/calf | low, moo | ||
| Crab/crablet | |||
| Crickets | chirp | ||
| Crows | caw, cah | ||
| Curlews | pipe | ||
| Deer | bellow, bleat | ||
| Dog/puppy | bark, howl, growl, bay | ||
| Dolphin/calf | click | ||
| Donkey/ass | hee-haw bray | ||
| Duck/duckling | quack | ||
| Eagle/eaglet | screech | ||
| Elephant/calf | trumpet | ||
| Elk | bugle, bleat | ||
| Ferrets | dook | ||
| Fly | buzz | ||
| Frogs/toads | croak | ||
| Giraffes | bleat | ||
| Goat | bleat, maa | ||
| Goose/gosling | honk, hiss | ||
| Grasshoppers | chirp | ||
| Guinea pigs | squeak | ||
| Hamsters | squeak | ||
| Hare/leveret | squeak | ||
| Hedgehog/hoglet | |||
| Hermit crabs | chirp | ||
| Hippopotamus/calf | growl | ||
| Hornet | buzz | ||
| Horse/foal | neigh, whinny, nicker | ||
| Hummingbird | warble | ||
| Hyenas | laugh | ||
| Kangaroo/joey | chortle | ||
| Koala | shriek | ||
| Linnets | chuckle | ||
| Lion | roar growl snarl | ||
| Locust | chirp | ||
| Magpies | chatter | ||
| Monkeys | scream, chatter | ||
| Moose | bellow | ||
| Mosquito | buzz, whine | ||
| Mouse | squeak | ||
| Okapi | cough, bellow | ||
| Owl/owlet | hoot, hiss, screech | ||
| Parrots | squawk, talk | ||
| Peacocks/peachick | scream, squawk, honk | ||
| Pig/piglet | oink, snort, squeal, grunt | ||
| Pigeons | coo | ||
| Prairie dogs | bark | ||
| Quail | |||
| Rabbits | squeak, grunt | ||
| Raccoons | trill | ||
| Rats | squeak | ||
| Ravens | caw | ||
| Rhinoceroses | bellow | ||
| Rooks | caw | ||
| Rooster | crow | ||
| Seals | bark | ||
| Seahorse/seafoal | |||
| Sheep/lamb | bleat, baa | ||
| Shrew/shrewlet | |||
| Snails | Munch, crunch | ||
| Snake/snakelet | hiss, rattle | ||
| Songbirds | chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble, twitter | ||
| Squirrel/chipmunk | squeak | ||
| Swan/cygnet | cry, trumpet, bugle | ||
| Tapirs | squeak | ||
| Tokay geckos | croak | ||
| Turkey/turkey-chick | gobble | ||
| Turtle/turtlet | |||
| Vultures | scream | ||
| Walruses | groan | ||
| Whale/calf | sing | ||
| Wild boar | grumble | ||
| Wolf | howl, growl, bay | ||
| Zebra | neigh, whinny, nicker |