Birds make some of the weirdest sounds in the natural world – here’s just a handful of some of the most outrageous!
Check out Part Two for 16 more!
0:07 Grey Go-away-bird
0:40 Capuchinbird
1:08 American Bittern
1:29 Brown Sicklebill
1:40 Laughing Kookaburra
2:05 Great Potoo
2:35 Willow Grouse
3:13 Jack Snipe
3:44 Channel-billed Cuckoo
4:26 Black-footed Albatross
5:17 Western Capercaillie
6:10 Black-throated Loon
6:43 Northern Lapwing
7:11 Southern Cassowary
7:28 Tui
8:27 Montezuma Oropendola
AUDIO ATTRIBUTIONS
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• Capuchinbird: GABRIEL LEITE- https://www.xeno-canto.org/307385
• American Bittern –http://test.xeno-canto.org/310044
• Brown Sicklebill: Phil Gregory- https://www.xeno-canto.org/330325
• Brown Sicklebill: John V. Moore- https://www.xeno-canto.org/279452
• Brown Sicklebill: Nick Athanas- https://www.xeno-canto.org/18880
• Great Potoo: Bruce Lagerquist- https://www.xeno-canto.org/349444
• Willow Grouse: Jens Kirkeby- https://www.xeno-canto.org/149806
• Jack Snipe: Stein Ø. Nilsen- https://www.xeno-canto.org/265128
• Western Capercaillie: PE Svahn- https://www.xeno-canto.org/313912
• Black-throated Loon: Tero Linjama- https://www.xeno-canto.org/340741
• Southern Cassowary: Marc Anderson- https://www.xeno-canto.org/132934
• Tui: Matthias Feuersenger- https://www.xeno-canto.org/378280
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• Grey Go-away-bird: Peter Boesman- https://www.xeno-canto.org/346742
• Laughing Kookaburra: Vicki Powys- https://www.xeno-canto.org/30646
• Channel-billed Cuckoo: Marc Anderson- https://www.xeno-canto.org/150468
https://www.xeno-canto.org/295300
• Black-footed Albatross: David m- https://www.xeno-canto.org/120995
• Northern Lapwing: Terje Kolaas- https://www.xeno-canto.org/246301
• Montezuma Oropendola: Mike Nelson- https://www.xeno-canto.org/106662
IMAGE ATTRIBUTIONS
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• Grey Go-away-bird: Derek Keats- https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Grey_go-away_bird_(9667027392).jpg
• Brown Sicklebill: markaharper1-https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Epimachus_meyeri_-Papua_New_Guinea_-male-8.jpg
• Great Potoo: Francesco Veronesi- https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/16284594492
• Willow Grouse: Peter Wilton- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Willow_Ptarmigan_(7458260016)_(cropped).jpg
• Channel-billed Cuckoo: Dominic Sherony- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Channel-billed_Cuckoo_(Scythrops_novaehollandiae)_(30556020533).jpg
• Black-footed Albatross: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/odfw/14997985814/
• Western Capercaillie: sighmanb- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capercaillie_(8751340764).jpg
• Black-throated Loon: Steve Garvie-
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Black-throated_Diver_(Gavia_arctica)_swimming.jpg
• Tui: Matt Binns- https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbinns/2036385629
• Montezuma Oropendola: Andy Morffew- https://www.flickr.com/photos/canorus/4418694701
• Montezuma Oropendola: Paulo Philippidis-
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montezuma_Oropendola_(16426688906).jpg
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• Laughing Kookaburra: Toby Hudson-https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laughing_Kookaburra_Gravestone.jpg
• Laughing Kookaburra: JJ Harrison- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dacelo_novaeguineae_waterworks.jpg
• Jack Snipe: Marek Szczeponek- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lymnocryptes_minimus_(Marek_Szczepanek).jpg
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• Northern Lapwing: Andreas Trepte-
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern-Lapwing-Vanellus-vanellus.jpg
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this is truly a hidden gem of the internet. i didn’t know i needed these weird bird sounds but i’m so glad i found them. thank you close encounters of the bird kind
That was fun, thanks!
Thank you so much for this quality, no-frills compilation. A gem among the internet fluff. What an "eye-opener"!
These birds sound like edm samples
Obsessed
1:08 “hey Norton……hey Norton.”
5:32 not ONE scientist thought to fall this guy a Jack in the box bird?!”
I dare not imagine an ancient forest with their ancient ancestors, the dinosaurs, we would probably die before we even see them.
I like the Tui and the Montezuma Oropendola. They have the best call.
I would not be surprised if 90% of these were to get some ladies. The things birds do to get some attention, I swear, if the visuals aren't enough then they gotta go extra with the voices
Black-throated Loon got its Finnish name from the sound it makes. "Kuikka"
Amazing, the biodiversity of the world. It would be sad without them………
The Capuchin bird makes me happy. Why? Because all he says is “WoOoOoW.”
1:33 Bird with a gun
This is so cool!
legendary pokemon be like….black loon….
5:30 my apple trackpad
I was today years old when I found out the blue bird from Ferngully was a real bird called a Southern Cassowary… 😳
Love this!
سبحان الله
Love the first one:And he's saying go-away in a sneering fashion; funny.
AMAZING! By "weird" you also meant unpleasant sounds. The Northern lapwing and Tui were somewhat pleasant, but OMG, the Cassowary sounded like a lion! 😰
2:47 He sounds like a Undertale character talking, bro
god the Tui sounds SICK
The western capercaillie sounds straight out of a horror game
Brown sicklebill, machine gun
there's a suspicious correlation between birds that sound fuckin weird and birds that look fuckin weird
There is a type of bird, I still don't know what type, but everytime I hear it at night, it sounds so much like a kitten meowing that even if I know it's the bird I still have the urge to go out and check if there is actually a kitten.
The cassowary sounds like a dragon
Someone just pressing a button 5:33
3:21 Sounds like skipping stones across a frozen lake.
holy crap 3:28 sounds like an alien ship hahahaha