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  2. Syrinx (bird anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The syrinx (from the Greek word "σύριγξ" for pan pipes) is the vocal organ of birds. Located at the base of a bird's trachea, it produces sounds without the vocal folds of mammals. [1] The sound is produced by vibrations of some or all of the membrana tympaniformis (the walls of the syrinx) and the pessulus, caused by air flowing through ...

  3. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  4. Bird vocalization - Wikipedia

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    Bird vocalization includes both bird calls and bird songs. In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear. In ornithology and birding , songs (relatively complex vocalizations) are distinguished by function from calls (relatively simple vocalizations).

  5. Chirping - Wikipedia

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    Chirping may refer to: Bird vocalization; Chirping, the act of signaling with chirps, signals in which the frequency increases / decreases with time

  6. Hummingbird - Wikipedia

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    The bird can sing at the same frequency as the tail-feather chirp, but its small syrinx is not capable of the same volume. [163] The sound is caused by the aerodynamics of rapid air flow past tail feathers, causing them to flutter in a vibration, which produces the high-pitched sound of a courtship dive. [161] [164]

  7. List of birds of Zimbabwe - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Zimbabwe. ... Drawing of a striped flufftail from 1838. ... Chirping cisticola, ...

  8. Purple martin - Wikipedia

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    They are known to chirp, chortle, rattle, and croak. [11] Their various calls are described as "throaty and rich" and can be rendered as tchew-wew , pew pew , choo , cher , zweet, and zwrack . The males have a gurgling and guttural courtship song, a dawn song, and even a subsong used at the end of the breeding season.

  9. Dawn chorus (birds) - Wikipedia

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    An annual International Dawn Chorus Day is held on the first Sunday in May [6] when the public are encouraged to rise early to listen to bird song at organised events. The first ever was held at Moseley Bog in Birmingham, England, in 1987, organized by the Urban Wildlife Trust (now The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country).