21 Weird Bird Sounds, Songs & Calls of North America

Bird Quiz! Test your birding by ear skills. Listen to the Weirdest Bird songs, calls & sounds in North America. Bird calls, set against proper habitat are followed with photos of birds and their sounds. This will help you learn some very unique birds voices in the United States and Canada.
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XC139387 - Common Loon Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3
XC139388 - Common Loon Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3
XC345927 - Western Barn Owl Luis Gracia Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC704701 - Clark's Nutcracker Diana Doyle Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC451067 - American Bittern Justin Watts Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC254465 - Yellow-breasted Chat Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC715195 - Barred Owl Doug Hynes Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC132873 - Belted Kingfisher Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3
XC169499 - Cooper's Hawk Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3
XC254491 - Black-billed Magpie Jonathon Jongsma Xwno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC707582 - Northern Saw-whet Owl Diana Doyle Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC157666 - Anna's Hummingbird Bushman Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3
XC413784 - Trumpeter Swan Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC179677 - Yellow-headed Blackbird Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC132875 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Jonathin Jongsma BY-SA 3
XC609619 - Wilson's Snipe Doug Hines Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC371463 - Purple Martin Jonathon Jongsma Xwno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC111491 - Sandhill Crane Jonathon Jongsma Xeno-Canto BY-SA 3
XC461334 - Black-backed Woodpecker Justin Watts Xwno-Canto BY-SA 4
XC677383 - Indian Peafowl Manoj Karingamadathil Xeno-Canto BY-SA 4
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[@SteigenDraak]

I'd love to see the Veery Thrush on here. I first heard its call while camping, and it sounded so mechanical

[@AliJoanPlans]

They way you just threw shade at some of these 😂

[@tcswag801]

Red-winged blackbird , make some pretty gnarly sound as it dive bombs me on trails in mid spring .

[@rebeccataylor1662]

So cool Thanks ☺

[@absorbed-in-nature]

Glad you liked it!

[@MultiTuttut]

I heard one today that ive never heard before...the only way i can describe it is someone blowing one of those cheap plastic kids whistles in 3 short bursts...
I know it was a bird because i saw him/her fly and the sound was farther away with the bird...

[@absorbed-in-nature]

There is a free app called Merlin. It identifies bird calls in real time as picked up by your phone. Won’t help with birds you heard in the past, but wonderful for identifying birds in your yard or on a walk!

[@kevinford1671]

❤❤

[@kylamiller8984]

What’s the bird that makes the first call of the video? Gets higher as it goes?

[@absorbed-in-nature]

That beautiful song is Swainson’s Thrush. To hear more watch my video on most beautiful bird songs from a couple months back.

[@shannonbailey7580]

I heard one that sounded like something from a zoo I can't find it either

[@fruitpunch-mouth]

i hear a weird one outside my house, it sounds like i can't explain it. like a weird cat or something and its a bird because its in the tree or on my roof

[@absorbed-in-nature]

Squirrels can make unusual whining or grating noises that might be mistaken for birds. And young birds make begging calls unlike their parent’s songs.

[@fruitpunch-mouth]

i located it, it's a grey cat-bird. he sits on my roof and makes the noise so i am well aware he's a bird. i can see him if i look out my window, because the second floor roof is jutting out more than the top floor one. @@absorbed-in-nature

[@fruitpunch-mouth]

usually the squirrels in our area are actually rarely seen or heard. it's been that way ever since we got the cooper hawk living in the area in the big tree.i have i think a video of him when he checked out my front yard 😬😬.@@absorbed-in-nature

[@juliettehuerta5902]

it could also maybe be a California Gnatcatcher or a Spotted Towhee as they make catlike calls :)