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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 .
Although the American crow and the hooded crow are very similar in size, structure and behavior, their calls and visual appearance are different. From beak to tail, an American crow measures 40–50 cm (16–20 in), almost half of which is tail. Its wingspan is 85–100 cm (33–39 in).
Calls are sometimes distinctive enough for individual identification even by human researchers in ecological studies. [31] Call of black-capped chickadee (note the call and response with a second more distant chickadee) Over 400 bird species engage in duet calls. [32] In some cases, the duets are so perfectly timed as to appear almost as one call.
It also makes a ca-wk sound, has a complex, burbling song, and makes a variety of other sounds as well. [9] The ʻalalā has at least 24 calls in its repertoire, including alarm calls, contact calls, and calls signifying submission or courtship. [14] This is a medley of the different calls the Hawaiian Crow makes. [15]
More dramatically, when calling, fish crows tend to hunch and fluff their throat feathers. The voice is the most outwardly differing characteristic for this species and other American crow species. The call of the fish crow has been described as a nasal "ark-ark-ark" or a begging "waw-waw". Birders often distinguish the two species (in areas ...
The carrion crow is noisy, perching on a vantage point such as a building or the top of a tree and calling three or four times in quick succession, with a slight pause between each series of croaks. During each series of calls, a crow may perform an accompanying gesture, raising its shoulders and bowing its head and neck downwards with each caw.
Cops in Bicester, England experienced this firsthand recently when a cheeky crow decided to mimic the sound of a police siren that was so spot on the officers thought it was one of their own cars!
The pied currawong's binomial names were derived from the Latin strepera, meaning "noisy", and graculina for resembling a jackdaw. [10] It was first described by English ornithologist George Shaw in John White's 1790 book, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, as the "white-vented crow", with Latin name Corvus graculinus. [2]