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Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
Triglidae's name is based on that of Linneaus's genus Trigla, the name of which is a classical name for the red mullet (Mullus barbatus), Artedi thought the red mullet and the gurnards were the same as fishes from both taxa are known to create sounds taken out of the water as well as being red in color.
A European robin singing at dawn. The dawn chorus is the outbreak of birdsong at the start of a new day. In temperate countries this is most noticeable in spring when the birds are either defending a breeding territory, trying to attract a mate or calling in the flock. In a given location it is common for different species to do their dawn ...
The lyrebird is an Australian species best known for its ability to mimic man-made sounds. National Geographic has recorded these remarkable birds mimicking such unnatural noises as a chainsaw and ...
Support Fine recording, clearly indicates what an American robin's song sounds like in nature. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk ) 21:09, 5 August 2008 (UTC) [ reply ] Support Good recording, very encyclopedic.
The only bird known to make use of infrasound (at about 20 Hz) is the western capercaillie. [48] The hearing range of birds is from below 50 Hz to around 12 kHz, with maximum sensitivity between 1 and 5 kHz. [22] [49] The black jacobin is exceptional in producing sounds at about 11.8 kHz. It is not known if they can hear these sounds. [50]
A photographer’s Covid-era hobby turned into a four-year project that produced around half a million photos. But one stood out from them all.
The white-browed scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), also known as the red-backed scrub-robin, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa, especially East and southern Africa. Within range, its Turdus-like song is one of the often-heard sounds of the bush. The flitting of the tail is characteristic of ...