Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic.
| Picture | Animal | Description | Sound | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| frameless | Alligator | bellow, hiss | thumb|Alligator bellow | |
| frameless | Alpaca | alarm call, cluck/click, hum, orgle, scream[1] | ||
| frameless | Antelope | snort[2] | ||
| frameless | Badger | growl[3] | thumb|Badger | |
| frameless | Bat | screech,[4] squeak, eek | thumb|Bats | |
| frameless | Bear | roar, growl | thumb|Bear cub growl | |
| frameless | Bee | buzz | thumb|Hummel bee thumb|Xylocopa pubescens (carpenter bee) offsprings | |
| frameless | Big cat (Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, Leopard) | roar,[5] growl,[6] snarl[7] | thumb|Tiger growl thumb|Jaguar making a content "sawing" sound. | |
| frameless | Camel | grunt | ||
| alt=Image of a capybara eating hay|frameless | Capybara | squeak,[8] chatter, bark | ||
| frameless | Cat | mew, meow, purr, hiss, trill, caterwaul, growl | thumb|Cat meow thumb|Domestic cat purring | |
| Cattle | moo, low | thumb| | ||
| frameless | Chicken | cluck, buck, crow[9] cha-caw, bah-gawk (female)[10] cock-a-doodle-doo (male) | thumb thumb thumb|Rooster crowing | |
| frameless | Chinchilla | squeak[11] | ||
| frameless | Cicada | chirp[12] | thumb|Cicada | |
| frameless | Crab | chirp, click, creak[13] | ||
| frameless | Crane | clang | thumb| | |
| frameless | Cricket | chirp | thumb|Cricket | |
| frameless | Crow | caw, cah[14] | thumb|Black Crow | |
| frameless | Curlew | pipe[15] | thumb| | |
| frameless | Deer | bellow, bell (buck), bleat (doe, fawn) | thumb|Red deer | |
| frameless | Dog | bark, howl, growl, bay | thumb|Dog bark | |
| frameless | Dolphin | click[16] | ||
| frameless | Donkey | hee-haw,[17] bray | thumb|Domestic donkey brays | |
| frameless | Duck | quack | thumb|Mallard Duck | |
| frameless | Eagle | screech[18] | thumb|Bald Eagle | |
| frameless | Elephant | trumpet | thumb|Elephant trumpet | |
| frameless | Elk | bugle (male),[19] bleat (calves)[20] | thumb|Elk bellow | |
| frameless | Ferret | dook[21] | ||
| frameless | Fly | buzz[22] | ||
| Fox | bark, scream, howl, snore, gecker[23] | |||
| Fish | glub | |||
| frameless | Frog | croak, ribbit | thumb|Pacific tree frog | |
| frameless | Gaur | low, moo | thumb| | |
| frameless | Giraffe | bleat,[24] hum[25] | thumb|Giraffe hum | |
| frameless | Goat | bleat, maa | thumb|Herd of goats bleating | |
| frameless | Goose | honk, hiss | thumb|Geese Honking | |
| frameless | Grasshopper | chirp[26] | thumb|Grasshoppers chirping | |
| frameless | Guinea pig | wheek[27] | thumb| | |
| frameless | Hamster | squeak[28] | ||
| frameless | Hawk | screech | 220x124px|thumb|right|Hawk screeching | |
| frameless | Hermit crab | chirp[29] | ||
| frameless | Hippopotamus | growl[30] | ||
| frameless | Hornet | buzz | thumb|Hummel bee | |
| frameless | Horse | neigh, whinny, nicker, hoofbeats (clip-clop) | thumb| | |
| frameless | Hyena | laugh | thumb|Spotted Hyena | |
| frameless | Jackal | gecker | ||
| frameless | Koala | bellow, shriek | ||
| frameless | Kangaroo | jump | ||
| frameless | Lemur | chatter, whoop | ||
| frameless | Leopard | roar, growl, snarl | ||
| frameless | Linnet | chuckle[31] | ||
| frameless | Lion | roar, growl, snarl | thumb|Lion roar | |
| frameless | Locust | chirp | ||
| frameless | Magpie | chatter[32] | thumb|Magpie | |
| frameless | Monkey | scream, chatter, gecker, howl | thumb|Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) | |
| frameless | Moose | bellow[33] | ||
| frameless | Mosquito | buzz, whine | ||
| frameless | Mouse | squeak | ||
| frameless | Okapi | cough, bellow[34] | ||
| frameless | Owl | hoot, hiss, caterwaul for barred owls, twit twoo for tawny owls [35] | thumb|Great horned owl | |
| frameless | Ox | low, moo | thumb| | |
| frameless | Parrot | squawk, talk | thumb|White-capped Parrotthumb|Rose-ringed Parakeet imitating human speech | |
| frameless | Peacock | scream,[36] squawk, honk | thumb|Peacock | |
| frameless | Penguin | chirp, honk, trumpet, bray | ||
| Pig | oink,[37] snort,[38] squeal, grunt | thumb|Pig | ||
| frameless | Pigeon | coo | thumb|Wood pigeon | |
| frameless | Prairie dog | bark[39] | ||
| frameless | Quail | call | thumb|Call of a male common quail | |
| frameless | Rabbit | squeak | thumb|Rabbit | |
| frameless | Raccoon | trill[40] | thumb|Baby Raccoon Chatter | |
| frameless | Rat | squeak | ||
| frameless | Raven | caw, cronk | thumb|Common Raven | |
| frameless | River otter | blow, chatter, chirp, creek, grunt, hiccup, hiss, scream, squeak, swish, whine, whistle, chatterchirp,[41] purr[42] | ||
| frameless | Rook | caw | ||
| frameless | Seal | bark[43] | ||
| frameless | Sheep | bleat, baa, maa, meh (lambs) | thumb|Sheep | |
| frameless | Snake | hiss, rattle | thumb|Rattlesnake | |
| frameless | Songbird | chirrup, chirp, tweet, sing, warble (larks / warblers / wrens),[44] [45] twitter (sparrows)[46] | thumb|Goldfinch | |
| frameless | Squirrel | squeak | ||
| frameless | Swan | cry, trumpet, bugle | thumb|Trumpeter swan | |
| frameless | Tapir | squeak[47] | ||
| frameless | Tokay gecko | croak[48] | 220x124px|thumb|right|Tokay gecko mating call | |
| frameless | Turkey | gobble | thumb|Wild Turkey | |
| frameless | Whale | sing | 220x124px|thumb|Humpback whale | |
| frameless | Wild boar | growl, grumble | thumb|Wild boar | |
| frameless | Wildebeest | low, moo | ||
| frameless | Wolf | howl, growl, bay | thumb|Wolf howls | |
| frameless | Zebra | bray, bark, whistle, yip, nicker |