"You're not hearing things, our resident lyrebird Echo has the AMAZING ability to replicate a variety of calls - including a baby's cry." Echo is a superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), an Australian bird named for the shape of its tail during courting, according to Britannica.
The green catbird (Ailuroedus crassirostris) is a species of bowerbird found in subtropical forests along the east coast of Australia, from southeastern Queensland to southern New South Wales. It is named after its distinctive call which sounds like a cat meowing, although it has also been mistaken for a crying child.
Lyrebird in Australia perfectly mimics crying baby.
Lyrebirds are gorgeous creatures with an unusual trait–they vocalize like human babies! These aren't the only birds that make unusual sounds, but their cry may be the most troubling to hear if you don't know what it is!
If you hear a startling scream in the swamp at night, chances are it's a limpkin. At least, we hope it's a limpkin. These uncommon wetland birds are found in Florida and parts of Central and South America.
Porcupines can sound like babies in the dark, video shows | Centre Daily Times.
Interestingly, the call of a Green catbird has also been described as similar to that of a crying child! Green catbirds are not related to Gray catbirds, even though they share a similar name.
Sometimes the cat meowing from the bushes isn't a cat at all, but a catbird. The Gray Catbird, to be exact. Named after their distinctive cat-like “mew” call, Gray Catbirds are mimic thrushes, related to mockingbirds and thrashers. They can imitate a wide variety of noises, from songbirds to mammals to frogs.
Fast Facts. The Barking Owl is named for its harsh 'barking' call but can also make a much louder, wailing cry, which has given rise to another name, the 'screaming-woman bird'.
Yes, this does sound like hormonal behavior. A lot of pet birds get hormonal in the winter because of people having the heater on. The warmer temperatures stimulate the hormones. Other triggers are longer days, a lot of food especially fresh foods, and a safe place to nest.
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 repeated, sad-sounding trill of Fan-tailed Cuckoos is one of the most distinctive sounds of the Australian bush in Spring. Sometimes males sit and sing for long periods, particularly just after dawn or towards dusk and like most cuckoos, during the night as well.
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.
The bush stone-curlew is probably heard more than it is seen. Its call sounds like a wail or a scream in the night. When scared, it screeches – a sound similar to the screech of a possum.
Bush stone-curlews emanate haunting, mournful “weer-lo” (hence Weelo being one of the species' names) calls at night. The ghost-like sound is a contact call, with several birds often joining in a chorus. The birds repeat the call four to five times, sometimes culminating in a trilled, screeching crescendo.
Northern Flickers make a loud, rolling rattle with a piercing tone that rises and falls in volume several times.
Wild birds use vocalisation to warn others in the group about impending danger, such as a predator in the area. If a pet bird is afraid, it will do the same thing. Birds who find themselves away from the flock call to the group and find their way back when the group answers.
White bellbirds shatter the record for noisiest call—and maybe their mates' eardrums.
The cassowary is usually considered to be the world's most dangerous bird, at least where humans are concerned, although ostriches and emus can also be dangerous. Cassowary (Queensland, Australia).
Birds chirp — you could also say they tweet, twitter, cheep, and warble — and some insects chirp too.
Brown-headed Nuthatches don't sing complicated songs, but they are plenty vocal. They make tiny squeaks that sound like a toy rubber ducky being squeezed.
Great Horned Owls are typically hooters. But, like other owls, it isn't their only sound. They may also scream, do a cat-like MEEE-Owww, bark, growl, shriek, and coo as well as produce wavering cries, hisses, and beak snaps.
If you've ever heard a pained cry in the dead of night that sounds like a woman screaming, then you've probably heard a female fox (or 'vixen') letting a male (or 'dog') fox know that she is ready to mate (listen here).
Lynx/Bobcat
These solitary animals utilize calls that can resemble a child wailing in distress to find each other during mating season (February to April).
This secretive bird of dense thickets gets its name from the cat-like mew call that it makes. The Gray Catbird's song is an exuberant series of musical whistles and catlike meows interspersed with imitations of other birds' songs.