Animal Sounds
346 animal sounds, from birdsong and a rooster at dawn to lowing cows, howling wolves and roaring lions.
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Animal sounds by kind
15 with their own page · 17 open right here
All 119 sound names in these groups
Water Birds: 16 sounds
Deer: 11 sounds
Big Cat: 9 sounds
Antelope: 8 sounds
Bear: 8 sounds
Game Birds: 7 sounds
Hawk: 7 sounds
Eagle: 6 sounds
Dolphin: 5 sounds
Donkey: 5 sounds
Peacock: 5 sounds
Seal: 5 sounds
Whale: 5 sounds
More animal sounds
77 sounds that aren't part of a group above
Single Cluck
Distant Gobble
Turkey Squawk
Eight Bit Cluck
Single Click
Night Screech
Arcade Squeak
Mallard Quack
Harsh Quack
Rising Quacks
Distant Rising Coo
Deep Male Coo
Synth Coo Swell
Single Honk
Synth Honk Burst
Crow Caw
Swan Trumpet
Duck Quack
Loon Wail
Cuckoo Call
Goose Honk
Kiwi Call
Kookaburra Laugh
Toucan Croak
Names of the other 53 sounds
- Hornbill Honk
- Raven Croak
- Whip-poor-will
- Quetzal Whistle
- Hoopoe Call
- Collared Dove Coo
- Rook Caw
- Cartoon Duck Quack
- Chiptune Crow
- Synth Pigeon
- Synth Gull
- Synth Cuckoo
- Glassy Swan
- Cinematic Loon
- Soft Dove Pad
- Retro Kiwi
- Alarm Crow
- Raven Courtship
- Dove Courtship Coo
- Distant Goose Honk
- Distant Cuckoo
- Water Buffalo
- Bison Bellow
- Zebra Bark
- Camel Moan
- Fox Scream
- Musk Ox Grunt
- Tapir Whistle
- Hippo Grunt
- Rhino Bellow
- Giraffe Hum
- Sloth Cry
- Manatee Chirp
- Llama Hum
- Alpaca Hum
- Marmot Whistle
- Fennec Bark
- Otter Whistle
- Panda Bleat
- Koala Bellow
- Hyena Whoop
- Wolverine Growl
- Pika Call
- Meerkat Bark
- Opossum Hiss
- Wombat Grunt
- Platypus Growl
- Aardvark Grunt
- Tasmanian Devil
- Raccoon Growl
- Camel Calf
- Hare Scream
- Yak Calf
About animal sounds
Animal sounds are the calls people look up by name: a dog barking, a rooster at dawn, an owl after dark. This category sorts them by animal. Well-known animals such as dogs, cows, horses, lions and owls have their own pages, and smaller groups like water birds, deer, big cats and bears are listed here as well. Further down are single calls from dozens of other species, from hippo and koala to kookaburra and zebra.
Most clips are one call or a short phrase, a few seconds long, so they drop straight onto a timeline. Many animals come in more than one version: an adult and a young animal (a lion and a lion cub, a cow and a calf), or a close call and a distant one. Use a close call when the animal is on screen and a distant one to set a scene behind dialogue.
For games, cartoons and children's apps, look for the Stylized versions, such as the chiptune meow, the synth lion roar or the eight-bit bleat. The Natural calls suit nature videos, lessons and classroom quizzes.
Treat the species names as a guide to the character of a call, not as a reference for identifying wildlife.
