List of 76 Verbs of Animal Sounds


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Want to find examples of words that describe wildlife-related noises? Check out this list of verbs of animal sounds. Whatever you need, you should be able to find it here.
Animals Sounds
apes gibber
bats screech
bears growl
bees hum, buzz
beetles drone
birds
chirrup, chirp, twitter, tweet, sing, whistle
bulls bellow
calves bleat, howl
camels grunt
cats
mew, purr, meow, hiss, yowl
cattle
moo, low, bawl (calf), bellow (bull)
chickens cluck, cackle
chicks cheep
cocks crow
crickets chirp, creak
crows caw
deer bell
dogs
bark, yelp, whine, growl
dolphins click
donkeys bray, hee-haw
doves coo
ducks quack, honk
eagles scream
elephants trumpet, roar
flies buzz, hum
foxes
bark, yelp, simper
frogs ribbit, croak
geese
cackle, gabble, quack
giraffes bleat
goats bleat
grasshoppers chirp
hamsters squeak
hawks scream
hens cackle, cluck
hogs grunt
horses
neigh, snort, whinny, nicker
hounds bay
humans
whisper, whistle, cry, scream, sing, talk
hummingbirds hum
hyenas laugh, scream
jackals howl
kangaroos chortle
kittens mew
koalas
scream, bellow, wail
lambs bleat
larks sing, warble
lions roar, growl
magpies chatter
mice squeak, squeal
monkeys
chatter, gibber, whoop, screech
mosquitoes whine, buzz
nightingales
pipe, sing, warble
ostriches
chirp, bark, hiss, low hum
owls
hoot, scream, screech, shriek
oxen low, bellow
parrots
talk, screech, squawk
peacocks scream
pigeons coo
pigs
snort, grunt, squeal, oink
rabbits squeak, drum
rats squeak
ravens croak
rhinoceroses bellow
rooks caw
roosters
cock-a-doodle-do, crow
seagulls scream, squawk
seals bark
sheep baa, bleat
snakes hiss
tigers growl, roar
turkeys gobble
vultures scream
whales sing
puppies yelp
wolves howl, cry, yell
zebras whinny