Which bird is also known as the 'Yaffle', an imitation of its cry?
"but is made sticky by secretions from the enlarged salivary glands. Heavy, prolonged snow cover makes feeding difficult for the green woodpecker and can result in high mortality, from which it may take 10 years for the population to recover. Ant nests can be located under the snow; one bird was observed to dig 85 cm to reach a nest. 'Professor Yaffle', the wooden bookend character in the 1974 children's animation series ""Bagpuss"", was based loosely upon the green woodpecker. 'Yaffle' was among many English folk names for the European green woodpecker relating to its laughing call; others include laughing"
"local populations. Three CGI enhanced hoopoes, together with other birds collectively named ""the tittifers"", are often shown whistling a song in the BBC children's television series ""In the Night Garden..."". Hoopoe Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for their distinctive ""crown"" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all were lumped as a single species—""Upupa epops"". ""Upupa"" and ""epops"" are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe; both, like the English name, are onomatopoeic forms which imitate the cry of the bird. The hoopoe was classified in"
"doing so. Among the species and vocalizations imitated are Carolina wren, northern cardinal, tufted titmouse, eastern towhee, house sparrow, wood thrush and eastern bluebird songs, calls of the northern flicker and great crested flycatcher, ""jeers"" and ""pumphandles"" of the blue jay, and alarm, ""chups"", and ""chirrs"" of the American robin. It imitates not only birds, but also other animals such as cats, dogs, frogs, crickets and sounds from artificial items such as unoiled wheels and even car alarms. As convincing as these imitations may be to humans, they often fail to fool other birds, such as the Florida scrub-jay. The"
"four octaves, and the bird can mimic over 35 species of native and introduced bird species, as well as dogs and horses. Magpies have even been noted to mimic human speech when living in close proximity to humans. Its complex, musical, warbling call is one of the most familiar Australian bird sounds. In Denis Glover's poem ""The Magpies"", the mature magpie's call is described as ""quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle"", one of the most famous lines in New Zealand poetry, and as ""waddle giggle gargle paddle poodle"", in the children's book ""Waddle Giggle Gargle"" by Pamela Allen. When alone, a"
"is a bird who quickly becomes Snoopy's best friend. The only non-bird character who can understand Woodstock's speech is Snoopy. When depicted in the comic strip, his speech is rendered almost entirely in ""chicken scratch"" marks, with Snoopy's either directly translating or allowing the reader to deduce Woodstock's meaning in the context of Snoopy's replies. Woodstock does make nonverbal noises such as yawns (November 23, 1972), laughter, sighs (November 22, 1972) and ""Z""s or snores to indicate sleep. He also uses punctuation marks like ""!"" or ""??"" to indicate emotions. In the movies and television specials, the chicken scratches are"
"approached by humans or other potential threats, males at bowers and females at nests often mimic the calls of predatory birds such as the wedge-tailed eagle (""Aquila audax""), blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii), grey-crowned babbler (""Pomatostomus temporalis""), grey butcherbird (""Cracticus torquatus""), pied butcherbird (""Cracticus nigrogulari""s), australian magpie (""Gymnorhina tibicen""), australian raven (""Corvus coronoides""), apostlebird (""Struthidea cinerea"") and honeyeaters (Meliphagidae spp.) among others. Other sounds mimicked include large herbivores moving through scrub or over fallen branches, the twang of fence wire, wood chopping, the crack of stock whip and the whistling flight of crested pigeons. First described by John Gould as ""Ptilonorynchus"
"its English and scientific names, although two and four syllables are also common. An alternative explanation of the English and scientific names is that they are derived from the French name for the bird, ""huppée"", which means crested. In the Himalayas, the calls can be confused with that of the Himalayan cuckoo (""Cuculus saturatus""), although the cuckoo typically produces four notes. Other calls include rasping croaks, when alarmed, and hisses. Females produce a wheezy note during courtship feeding by the male. Both sexes, when disturbed, call a rough ""charrrrrr,"" strongly reminiscent of the warning cry of the Eurasian jay. The"
"was akin to the squeaking of a wheelbarrow and Gregory Mathews that it was like the ""kling"" of an anvil. Elsewhere, their call has been likened to the screech of ungreased metal grinding in Victoria and South Australia (races ""versicolor"" and ""melanoptera"" are noted as similar to each other), and as a harsh squeak in Western Australia. The clinking call resembles that of the superb lyrebird, which imitates the currawong call at times. A softer and more tuneful musical call has been called the ""toy-trumpet call"". It has been reported to foretell rainy weather. The loud ""bell call"" resembles the"
"as well as grass seeds. Friedmann's lark Friedmann's lark (""Mirafra pulpa"") is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in East Africa. Formerly, some authorities considered Friedmann's lark to be a subspecies of the singing bush lark. Alternate names for the species include Friedmann's bush lark, rufous lark and Sagon lark. It is best identified by its distinctive song; a long, drawn-out singular note, ""hoo-ee-oo"" (with slight stress on the ""ee""), repeated at 1 or 2 second intervals. It is heard more often at night, and given while atop a bush or during undulating display flights. Friedmann's lark"
"to the right, like the apple snails' shells. The white markings are slightly less conspicuous in first-year birds. Its wings are broad and rounded and its tail is short. It is often confused with the immature American white ibis. This bird is easier to hear than see. Its common vocalization is a loud wild wail or scream with some rattling quality, represented as """"kwEEEeeer"" or ""klAAAar""."" This call is most often given at night and at dawn and dusk. It has been used for jungle sound effects in Tarzan films and for the hippogriff in the film ""Harry Potter and"
"Hoopoe Hoopoes () are colourful birds found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for their distinctive ""crown"" of feathers. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all were lumped as a single species—""Upupa epops"". ""Upupa"" and ""epops"" are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe; both, like the English name, are onomatopoeic forms which imitate the cry of the bird. The hoopoe was classified in the clade Coraciiformes, which also includes kingfishers, bee-eaters, and rollers. A close relationship between the hoopoe and the wood hoopoes is also supported by the shared and unique nature of"
"northern birds, even within subspecies, notably with ""C. s. sharpii"". For an overview of finch phylogeny (including canaries) see the entry on finches. The brimstone canary can be confused with the yellow-fronted canary, but that species is smaller billed with a much more defined head pattern and a bright yellow rump. The yellow canary, with overlapping range, is also a known confusion species. The call notes of the brimstone canary in the south of its range are a trilled, deeply pitched ""swirriwirrit"" or ""chirrup"". The song is a jumble of chirps, whistles, warbles and trills, with the same deep pitch"
"coverts, but are totally different in flight profile (much flatter winged) and overall coloration (dark brown). This species is largely silent, though is arguably a stronger vocalist than its close cousin, the golden eagle. Chicking and chirruping sounds like that of a young turkey or francolin, ""pyuck"", have been heard in various contexts, such as pairs being reunited. More striking sounds are loud, ringing ""whaeee-whaeee"", ""heeeee-oh"" or ""keeooo-keeooo"" calls used as contact calls or during intruder chases. Various screams, barks, yelps and mews have been heard to be issued at potential mammalian predators. The young emits feeble chirps at first,"
"because it symbolized their landless wandering. Common swift The common swift (""Apus apus"") is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes. The resemblances between the groups are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar contextual development. The swifts' nearest relatives are thought to be the New World hummingbirds and the Southeast Asian treeswifts. Its scientific name ""Apus"" is Latin for a swift, thought by the ancients to be a type of swallow with no feet (from Ancient Greek α, ""a"", ""without"","
"beginning that ends with an ""eeeur"", ""kakaka"", and sounds reminiscent of a stick scraping a concrete sidewalk. Brown thrashers are noted for their mimicry (as a member of the family ""Mimidae""), but they are not as diverse in this category as their relative the northern mockingbird. However, during the breeding season, the mimicking ability of the male is at its best display, impersonating sounds from tufted titmice (""Baeolophus bicolor""), northern cardinals (""Cardinalis cardinalis""), wood thrushes, northern flickers (""Colaptes auratus""), among other species. Although this bird is widespread and still common, it has declined in numbers in some areas due to"
"yellowish edges to the gape, remains of the fleshy wattles that guide the parents when they feed the nestlings. The song is a trill similar to the chipping sparrow's (""Spizella passerina""), except that the red-backed junco's (see below) song is more complex, similar to that of the yellow-eyed junco (""Junco phaeonotus""). The call also resembles that of the black-throated blue warbler's, which is a member of the New World warbler family. Calls include ""tick"" sounds and very high-pitched tinkling ""chip""s. It is known among bird language practitioners as an excellent bird to study for learning ""bird language."" A sample of"
"which is a reference to its voice. Among the Ecuadorian Secoyas, the bird is known as the ""Kwow-kwee-yo."" The sound is frequently used in movies, and also can be heard in the background of the popular game Angry Birds Rio. Screaming piha The screaming piha (""Lipaugus vociferans"") is a species of passerine bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in humid forests in the Amazon and tropical parts of the Mata Atlântica in South America. It is adapting well to human settlement areas like gardens and parks. It is considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International. Both"
"they make. In English, for example, there is the universal fastener which is named for the sound it makes: the zip (in the UK) or zipper (in the U.S.) Many birds are named after their calls, such as the bobwhite quail, the weero, the morepork, the killdeer, chickadees and jays, the cuckoo, the chiffchaff, the whooping crane, the whip-poor-will, and the kookaburra. In Tamil and Malayalam, the word for crow is ""kaakaa"". This practice is especially common in certain languages such as Māori, and so in names of animals borrowed from these languages. Although a particular sound is heard similarly"
"Bunyip cries. It is still not proven though that the barking owl actually started the Bunyip story and it could be caused from other sources. But it seems that the barking owl will stay as the most likely explanation. Myths surround the events that caused the owl to originally ""mimic"" the screaming sounds. Barking owl The barking owl (""Ninox connivens""), also known as the winking owl, is a nocturnal bird species native to mainland Australia and parts of Papua New Guinea and the Moluccas. They are a medium-sized brown owl and have a characteristic voice with calls ranging from a"
"and the torso of a chicken. Due to its appearance, it is sometimes referred to as a Japanese chimera. It is said to make terribly eerie bird cry ""hyoo hyoo"" noises that resemble that of the scaly thrush. In the movie ""Akuryōtō"" (originally by Seishi Yokomizo), the catchphrase ""nights where the nue cry are dreadful"" refers to this fact. The Nue is also said to have the ability of shape-shifting, often times into the form of a black cloud that can fly . The yokai is also thought to be nocturnal as most of its spottings happen at night. Its"
"which is apparent even when the swan is not standing or swimming upright) and larger, wedge-shaped bill as compared to the tundra swan. Trumpeter swans have similar calls to whooper swans and Bewick's swans. They are loud and somewhat musical creatures, with their cry sounding similar to a trumpet, which gave the bird its name. Beginning in 1968, repeated in 1975, and then conducted at 5-year intervals, a cooperative pan-continental survey of trumpeter swans was last conducted in 2015. The survey assesses trumpeter swan abundance and productivity throughout the entire breeding ranges of the three recognized North American populations: the"
"than a lot of the scolopacid waders. The evolutionary trend regarding the Charadriidae – which make up most of the diversity of the Charadrii – thus runs contrary to Cope's Rule. Genus ""Vanellus"" Genus ""Erythrogonys"" Lapwing Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10–16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are collectively called lapwings but also contain the ancient red-kneed dotterel. A lapwing can be thought of as a larger"
"giving the lyrebird extraordinary ability, unmatched in vocal repertoire and mimicry. Lyrebirds render with great fidelity the individual songs of other birds and the chatter of flocks of birds, and also mimic other animals such as koalas and dingoes. The lyrebird is capable of imitating almost any sound and they have been recorded mimicking human sounds such as a mill whistle, a cross-cut saw, chainsaws, car engines and car alarms, fire alarms, rifle-shots, camera shutters, dogs barking, crying babies, music, mobile phone ring tones, and even the human voice. However, while the mimicry of human noises is widely reported, the"
"Bark (sound) A bark is a sound most commonly produced by dogs. Other animals that make this noise include wolves, coyotes, seals, foxes and quolls. Woof is the most common representation in the English language for this sound, especially for large dogs. Other transliterations include the onomatopoeic ""wuff"", ""ruff"", ""arf"", ""au au"", ""borf"", ""bork"", ""bow-wow"", and, for small dogs, ""yip"". “Bark” is also a ""verb"" that describes the sharp explosive cry of certain animals. Dog barking is distinct from wolf barking. Wolf barks represent only 2.3% of all wolf vocalizations and are described as “rare” occurrences. According to Schassburger, wolves"
"Jay Jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family, Corvidae. The names ""jay"" and ""magpie"" are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex. For example, the Eurasian magpie seems more closely related to the Eurasian jay than to the East Asian blue and green magpies, whereas the blue jay is not closely related to either. Jays are not a monophyletic group. Anatomical and molecular evidence indicates they can be divided into an American and an Old World lineage (the latter including the ground jays and the piapiac), while the gray"
"Friedmann's lark Friedmann's lark (""Mirafra pulpa"") is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in East Africa. Formerly, some authorities considered Friedmann's lark to be a subspecies of the singing bush lark. Alternate names for the species include Friedmann's bush lark, rufous lark and Sagon lark. It is best identified by its distinctive song; a long, drawn-out singular note, ""hoo-ee-oo"" (with slight stress on the ""ee""), repeated at 1 or 2 second intervals. It is heard more often at night, and given while atop a bush or during undulating display flights. Friedmann's lark is found in southern Ethiopia,"
"ants, beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and moths. They also eat holly berries, cherries, elderberries, poison ivy, bay, and blackberries. This species is named for its cat-like call. Like many members of the Mimidae (most famously mockingbirds), it also mimics the songs of other birds, as well as those of Hylidae (tree frogs), and even mechanical sounds. Because of its well-developed songbird syrinx, it is able to make two sounds at the same time. The alarm call resembles the quiet calls of a male mallard. A gray catbird's song is easily distinguished from that of the northern mockingbird (""Mimus polyglottos"") or brown"
"Noisy friarbird The noisy friarbird (""Philemon corniculatus"") is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern New Guinea and eastern Australia. It is one of several species known as friarbirds whose heads are bare of feathers. It is brown-grey in colour, with a prominent knob on its bare black-skinned head. It feeds on insects and nectar. The noisy friarbird was first described by ornithologist John Latham in 1790. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin ""corniculum"" ""(having a) little horn"". It is sometimes known as a ""Leatherhead"". ""Wirgan"" was a name used by the local Eora"
"""miamensis"" having a more rapid song that contains more notes than the races that are further north. Their songs can be confused with the Kentucky warbler. The song patterns are similar, but is of a different quality, as the warbler's songs is described as richer, with more ringing and a hurried pace. Other bird species that have their songs described as akin to the wrens are the flicker, Baltimore oriole, grey catbird, and more specifically the ""peto, peto, peto"" calls of the tufted titmouse, and whistles of the northern cardinal. Occasionally, the wrens mimic other species, and in Pennsylvania it"
"(AEWA) applies. Whimbrel The whimbrel (""Numenius phaeopus"") is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Asia and Europe as far south as Scotland. The whimbrel is a migratory bird wintering on coasts in Africa, southern North America, South America, and South Asia into Australasia. It is also a coastal bird during migration. It is fairly gregarious outside the breeding season. This is a fairly large wader though mid-sized as a member of the curlew genus. The English name is imitative of the bird's"
"more broken into discrete song segments, and less mellow. Both species have a quiet subsong, a muted version of the full song, which is even more difficult to separate. The blackcap occasionally mimics the song of other birds, the most frequently copied including the garden warbler and the common nightingale. The main call is a hard ""tac-tac"", like stones knocking together, and other vocalisations include a squeaking ""sweet"" alarm, and a low-pitched trill similar to that of a garden warbler. Male blackcaps will sometimes sing even when incubating, especially with the second brood. This appears to be intended to maintain"
"compared to the Eastern clapper lark, and its otherwise similar call is longer and rises in pitch more. The Agulhas clapper lark has a fast wing clap, and a descending double whistled """"peeeooo"""" call. The Cape clapper lark is a skulking species and difficult to find when not displaying. It is not gregarious, and individuals tend to be seen in dry habitats feeding on the ground on seeds and insects. Cape clapper lark The Cape clapper lark (""Mirafra apiata"") is a small passerine bird which breeds in southern Africa. It derives its name from the wing clapping which forms part"
"season, and are then mostly heard rather than seen. They are then noisy birds, with a distinctive repetitive whiplash-like ""hwuit, hwuit"" call. They can be easier to see on migration. The spotted crake is one of the species to which the ""Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds"" (AEWA) applies. The Western European population has declined in recent decades, and the species is now a very rare breeding bird in Great Britain. Spotted crake The spotted crake (""Porzana porzana"") is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. The scientific name is derived from Venetian terms for small rails. The"