[Vocabulary] 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.

:up: ... 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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