North American Bird Sounds

Domestic and Mystery Birds

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Common Household Parakeets are actually Budgerigars, from Austrailia. Here are a few of their many sounds. (116K)

A Gray Cockatiel sings in his outdoor cage one January morning. (130K)

Peafowl (in this case, a Peacock) (Pavo cristatus)often evoke fond memories of visits to the Zoo, or some other childhood fondness. Here is one recorded at the San Diego Zoo - the birds honking in the background are Flamingos at the pond near the zoo's entrance. (209K)

This is Jasmine, my neighbor's Molluccan Cockatoo, complaining that it's getting dark outside and time to go in for the night - when Jasmine speaks, people listen! (MP3, 62K, 9 sec.)