Animal & Bird Sounds

English Vocabulary

The following is a list of animals, birds and some insects with the typical sounds that they make. Notice that they are all verbs.


Sounds Animals Make

  • Dog - Bark
  • Cat - Meow
  • Cow - Moo
  • Horse - Neigh
  • Pig - Oink (Grunt)
  • Lion - Roar
  • Snake - Hiss
  • Donkey - Bray
  • Bear - Growl
  • Goat - Bleat
  • Frog - Croak
  • Elephant - Trumpet
  • Mouse - Squeak
  • Tiger - Growl
  • Bee - Buzz

Sounds Birds Make

  • Chicken - Chirp
  • Duck - Quack
  • Turkey - Gobble
  • Owl - Hoot
  • Eagle - Screech
  • Goose - Honk
  • Kookaburra - Laugh

Try our interactive game to practice the sounds they make at: Sounds Animals Make


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Last Updated: 14 March 2011