A loud, hollow sound is produced when the shoebill smacks its upper and lower jaws together. These are short, repeated bursts that sound like machine guns or indigenous percussion.
Lewin's Honeyeaters are perhaps best known for their main territorial song, a loud machine-gun like rattle which carries quite along way, so they are more often heard than seen.
The Bobolink can make a series of gurgling and bubbling noises that share a close resemblance to the feisty little robot from Naboo. These funny calls are used to entice the ladies during showdowns between breeding males (yes, mating is the point of most bird songs).
Many birds can mimic sounds but lyrebirds are the masters. They are nature's living tape recorders, and sometimes their songs can be troubling.
By rubbing its special club-shaped secondary wing feathers against one another at the dizzying speed of 107 times per second — the fastest limb movement yet observed in a vertebrate — the Club-winged Manakin is able to produce a bizarre electronic-like sound.
It's the American woodcock, a member of the shorebird family.
Lyrebirds have the most complex syrinx (the vocal organ in birds) of all the Passerines - a massive taxonomic order that contains half the world's species of birds. This gives it the most incredible capacity for mimicry, which it uses to show off to potential mates.
With a name like the lyrebird's, you'd expect it to charmingly chirp a melodic birdsong. But the one captured in this video defies assumptions to imitate... sounds of laser gun shots.
This extraordinary footage captures the stunning 'laser' sounds created by a male lyrebird. The 'lasers' are the first part of a four-section repeating sequence that sees the male lyrebird stand on a mound he has found or creates.
The Mistle Thrush's alarm call is like a football rattle or machine gun. Their dreamy song is loud and far reaching and often heard during stormy weather, hence its alternative name of Stormcock.
A loud, hollow sound is produced when the shoebill smacks its upper and lower jaws together. These are short, repeated bursts that sound like machine guns or indigenous percussion.
They spend winters across the southern US, Mexico, and Central America. Watch for these tiny birds in the trees, constantly flicking their wings. Male kinglets will sometimes sing in the winter—their song sounds like a typewriter typing (you show your age if you know that sound!). Listen to the “chatter calls” here.
Australian Owlet-nightjars make a variety of sounds, the most commonly heard calls include a series of soft churring notes. The calls of this species are one of the most commonly heard sounds of the Australian bush at night.
Laughing kookaburra
This nostalgic Australian icon can be found in open forests across the country, particularly in gumtrees, and are often heard in suburbs around the Adelaide Hills. Its loud cackle of 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other kookaburras.
The lyrebird is considered one of Australia's best-known birds — you might recognise them from our 10 cent coin — but do we really know them? Famed for their spectacular courtship display, you may have seen footage of lyrebirds mimicking human noises such as chainsaws and camera clicks.
A Curl-crested Jay reveals its hidden talent for mimicking cyber sounds.
For example, a seet is the universal danger call made by birds and small mammals. Chickadees, it turns out, chirp about predators a lot. In fact, their name comes from the warning call they make when they see a suspicious character lurking around the neighborhood: Chickadee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
The Northern Mockingbird is another bird that is known for its ability to mimic the sounds of other birds (and even humans!).
It's an iconic sound in the Australian bush and. rainforest – the call of the whipbird. The male bird. gives the 'whip' call, and the female responds with a.
Greater Sooty Owls make a number of different vocalisations. The typical call is a short, descending screech which can sound like a whistle if heard from a distance. This call is often called the 'falling-bomb whistle'.
"This species is sometimes known as the Storm-bird or Stormbird." The Australian Museum says the Channel-billed Cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of the Australian Magpie, Gymnorhina tibicen, the Pied Currawong, Strepera graculina and members of the crow family (Corvidae).
When male fork-tailed flycatchers make early-morning display flights or fight each other, their feathers make this vibrating chirping noise. This also happens when they attack hawks, which is a common habit for these birds, and when they make their escape.
Chaffinch 'weet' alarm call.
Male and female Northern Flickers make a loud, evenly spaced, rapid drumming sound by hammering against trees or metal objects.