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  2. Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    Spanish: ñam: ñam ñam: glu glu glu, glup: glup: Swedish: nam-nam: nam nam: glugg glugg, klunk klunk: gulp: Tamil: கருக்கு முறுக்கு (karukk murukk) (mainly used to indicate crunching) Thai: งั่บ (ngap), ง่ำ (ngam) ง่ำ ง่ำ (ngam ngam) อึ้ก (uek), เอื้อก (ueak ...

  3. Puerto Rican tanager - Wikipedia

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    The most frequently heard noise emitted by the Puerto Rican tanager is a harsh call note often described as a chewp or chuck. This is often heard while feeding in flocks and may be extended into a longer chi-chi-chit of varying lengths. The breeding song of the species is light, sweet rapidly sung tswet-tswet-tswet-tswet.

  4. Chachalaca - Wikipedia

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    Chachalacas are galliform birds from the genus Ortalis. These birds are found in wooded habitats in the far southern United States ( Texas ), [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Mexico , and Central and South America . They are social, can be very noisy and often remain fairly common even near humans, as their relatively small size makes them less desirable to hunters ...

  5. Palmchat - Wikipedia

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    They are voluble and noisy birds, with a large repertoire of gurgling and cheeping sounds constantly used in their social behaviour. [citation needed] With their loud whistles, they are able to imitate the calls of hawks and kestrels which may be a surprise coming from their tiny bodies. They are typically classified as song birds, but hardly ...

  6. Great kiskadee - Wikipedia

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    The great kiskadee is a common, noisy, and conspicuous bird. It is almost omnivorous and hunts like a shrike or flycatcher, waiting on an open perch high in a tree to sally out and catch insects in flight or to pounce upon rodents and similar small vertebrates (such as other birds' chicks and bats ).

  7. Glareolidae - Wikipedia

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    Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The atypical Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), traditionally placed in this family, is now known to be only distantly related (basal of clade Charadrii). The family contains 17 species in 4 genera. [1]

  8. List of birds of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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    The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalization, especially their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. The species tend towards dull grays and browns in their appearance.

  9. List of birds of Spain - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Spain. The area covered by this list is mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands , the Canary Islands , and three small Spanish enclaves on the North African shore.