Bird calls

Bird calls and songs

Listen to the calls of 386 birds from 11 regions. Pick a region to see the course that teaches its birds, or find a bird by its family below and follow it to its own page to hear its call and learn what to listen for.

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Courses

Bird calls by region

Each course teaches the birds you can hear in one region, level by level.

Birds of New South Wales49 birds · Australia New South Wales bird call quiz
Birds of Victoria48 birds · Australia Victoria bird call quiz
Birds of Southeast QLD48 birds · Australia Southeast Queensland bird call quiz
Birds of Western Australia47 birds · Australia Western Australia bird call quiz
Birds of the North Island48 birds · New Zealand New Zealand’s North Island bird call quiz
Birds of California88 birds · United States California bird call quiz
Birds of Northern Thailand50 birds · Thailand Northern Thailand bird call quiz
Birds of Central & Southern Thailand53 birds · Thailand Central and Southern Thailand bird call quiz
Birds of England55 birds · United Kingdom England bird call quiz
Birds of the Pacific Northwest54 birds · United States The Pacific Northwest bird call quiz
Birds of Eastern North America65 birds · United States Eastern North America bird call quiz

Birds

Every bird call, by family

386 birds in 111 families, A to Z.

Accentor

Dunnock Prunella modularis

Babbler

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris

Barbet

Blue-eared Barbet Psilopogon cyanotis
Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus

Bee eater

Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

Bowerbird

Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

Broadbill

Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus

Bulbul

Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier

Bunting

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

Bushtit

Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

Butcherbird

Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen
Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis
Pied Currawong Strepera graculina

Cardinal

Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana

Chat

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus

Chat flycatcher

European Robin Erithacus rubecula

Cisticola

Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Cockatoo

Carnaby's Black-Cockatoo Zanda latirostris
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Long-billed Corella Cacatua tenuirostris
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Zanda funerea

Corvid

American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Australian Raven Corvus coronoides
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
California Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
Common Raven Corvus corax
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Little Raven Corvus mellori
Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
Torresian Crow Corvus orru
Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli

Crane

Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis

Cuckoo

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
Long-tailed Cuckoo Urodynamis taitensis
Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
Shining Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus

Cuckooshrike

Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae

Drongo

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus

Duck

Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae
Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata
Wood Duck Aix sponsa

Fairy bluebird

Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

Fairywren

Red-backed Fairywren Malurus melanocephalus
Superb Fairywren Malurus cyaneus

Falcon

New Zealand Falcon Falco novaeseelandiae

Fantail

Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
Malaysian Pied-Fantail Rhipidura javanica
New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys

Finch

American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis

Flowerpecker

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum

Flycatcher

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

Frogmouth

Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides

Gerygone

Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea

Gnatcatcher

California Gnatcatcher Polioptila californica

Grassbird

Little Grassbird Poodytes gramineus

Grebe

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Gull

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
Red-billed Gull Chroicocephalus scopulinus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Southern Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus
Western Gull Larus occidentalis

Hawk

Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Red Kite Milvus milvus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster

Heron

Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

Honeyeater

Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys
Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta
Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Lewin's Honeyeater Meliphaga lewinii
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis
Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera
New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala
Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata
Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens
Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger
White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata

Hornbill

Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae

Ibis

Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca

Icterid

Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

Iora

Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

Jacana

Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus

Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

Kinglet

Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula

Kiwi

North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli

Lapwing

Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

Lark

Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

Laughingthrush

Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma
White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus

Leaf warbler

Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Leafbird

Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis

Long tailed tit

Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus

Loon

Common Loon Gavia immer

Lyrebird

Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae

Mimid

Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos

Mohoua

Whitehead Mohoua albicilla

Monarch

Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca

Mudnester

White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos

Munia

Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata

New world sparrow

Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
California Towhee Melozone crissalis
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

Nightjar

Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

Nuthatch

Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis

Nz wattlebird

North Island Kokako Callaeas wilsoni
North Island Saddleback Philesturnus rufusater

Old world sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Oriole

Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

Osprey

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Owl

American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
Australian Boobook Ninox boobook
Barred Owl Strix varia
Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia
Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
Spotted Owlet Athene brama
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii

Owlet nightjar

Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus

Oystercatcher

Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor

Pardalote

Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus

Parrot

Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis
Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius
Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
New Zealand Kaka Nestor meridionalis
Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus moluccanus
Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae

Penduline tit

Verdin Auriparus flaviceps

Pheasant

Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Pink-necked Green-Pigeon Treron vernans
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

Pipit

Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

Pitta

Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor

Plover

Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

Quail

California Quail Callipepla californica

Rail

American Coot Fulica americana
Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus
Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
Weka Gallirallus australis
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

Reed warbler

Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Robin

Eastern Yellow Robin Eopsaltria australis
North Island Robin Petroica longipes
Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang
Tomtit Petroica macrocephala

Roller

Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis

Sandpiper

American Woodcock Scolopax minor
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Scrub bird

Noisy Scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus

Shrike

Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

Silky flycatcher

Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens

Starling

Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Great Myna Acridotheres grandis

Stilt

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

Stitchbird

Stitchbird Notiomystis cincta

Stone curlew

Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius

Sunbird

Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
Ornate Sunbird Cinnyris ornatus

Swallow

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

Swift

Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
Common Swift Apus apus

Sylviid warbler

Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla

Tailorbird

Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis

Tern

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata

Thornbill

Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla
Grey Warbler Gerygone igata
Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis
Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris
Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca
Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata
White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis

Thrush

American Robin Turdus migratorius
Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
Common Blackbird Turdus merula
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
Veery Catharus fuscescens
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina

Tit

Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
Great Tit Parus major
Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor

Treecreeper

Brown Creeper Certhia americana
Rufous Treecreeper Climacteris rufus
White-throated Treecreeper Cormobates leucophaea

Tyrant flycatcher

Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

Vireo

Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

Weaver

Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

Whipbird

Eastern Whipbird Psophodes olivaceus
Western Whipbird Psophodes nigrogularis

Whistler

Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris

White eye

Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

Wood warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva
Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Woodpecker

Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

Wren

Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus

Wrentit

Wrentit Chamaea fasciata