[Vocabulary] How is called the sound of a bird?

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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?
 

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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.
 

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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.
 
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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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