Activity 4: What do they sound like?

Suggested answers to the bird sound vocabulary task

Note: This list deliberately leaves out words which we use for specific birds, eg ducks quack. Some of the words on the list are associated strongly with specific birds, eg hoot (owls), caw (crows), and crow (cockerel), but can also be used for other birds.

• chirp
• trill
• warble
• call
• chirrup
• pipe
• sing
• tweet
• twitter
• cheep
• shriek
• hoot
• squawk
• crow
• screech
• cry
• coo
• cluck
• caw
• whistle
• boom
• chatter
• honk
• carol
• warble