Pūkeko use sound elements to create calls and combine them to create complex call sequences in order to expand the range of ...

Part 1. 'I don't do calls' -- Crossing the sound barrier -- Tone and timpre -- Pitch and frequency -- Rhythm and timing -- Part 2. Put it all together and what have you got? -- Simple calls -- Simple ...

Scientists listened to birds from around the world. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

In some of the, well, less stressful corners of social media, you can hear all kinds of bird calls, people sharing recordings of birds that they took with their phones. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED ...

In a clip from David Attenborough 's 1998 BBC TV series Life of Birds, a lyrebird imitates a chainsaw, kookaburra and car ...

DETROW: That chirping you're hearing right now is the western meadowlark. It's one of the sounds that made the Macauley Library's list of best audio recordings of 2025. The library is an online ...

The tremolo sounds like a quivering laugh that they use when they're being disturbed. The hoot, a softer bird call, is used ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.