How is called the sound of a bird?

[VillaCarlosPaz]

I don't know if it's "call" or "song". What's the difference between "call" and "song"?

Which would I use to talk about the sound of a bird?

[5jj]

It depends on the bird. You would not call the sound made by a crow a song, but you could use that word for the sound made by a nightingale.

[birdeen's call]

Oh, a thread about me.

Try Bird vocalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By the way, the vocalizations of crows are probably the single thing I hate the most in the world. Every @#$% dawn and every %$#@ dusk the same old song. Or call, rather.

[emsr2d2]

Some birds sing. Some birds call. Owls hoot. Crows caw. Cuckoos cuckoo (!) Parrots squawk. Baby birds cheep or tweet.

I realise that I have given you the verbs not the nouns, but it indicates that there are different words associated with different birds.

[VillaCarlosPaz]

Thanks for your answers.

Bird vocalization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In non-technical use, bird songs are the bird sounds that are melodious to the human ear"

I think I understand.

Call: Aves de la Pampa 2 - YouTube

Song: CHINGOLO CANTANDO - ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS SINGING - AVES DE ARGENTINA - YouTube

Correct me if I am wrong.

[birdeen's call]

Yes. (Though the song is rather simple.)

Here's the same species of sparrow calling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9tdBpgJuc

[BobK]

Some birds sing. Some birds call. Owls hoot. Crows caw. Cuckoos cuckoo (!) Parrots squawk. Baby birds cheep or tweet.

I realise that I have given you the verbs not the nouns, but it indicates that there are different words associated with different birds.

... and in Scotland ('Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon') they've been know to warble. Other verbs include 'chirp' and 'chirrup'.

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