Lubbock Bird Sounds to Know: Non-Passerines
Sandhill Crane
A long, rolling "karrooo" (click on "flat rattle" to hear single bird; others are of multiple birds in a flock)
Killdeer
Says its name
White-winged Dove
"Who COOKS for you!" (Second syllable emphasized)
Inca Dove
"Whirl-POOL" (Second syllable emphasized)
Burrowing Owl
Coo-Coo!
Common Nighthawk
Bzeert! (Or "Beans!") & wings "vroom" on dive
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Squeaky toy "pik" & laughing series of "piks";
Drumming (a territorial "call") very fast (faster than NOFL) |
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Coo hoo-hoo-hoo (all on same pitch)
Mourning Dove
Sounds sad (mournful). Wing whistles (sonations) are an alarm "call" and are fast & high-pitched.
Great Horned Owl
"Hu-hu-huHU-hu". Sound is of a duetting pair (female lower-pitched). (Fourth syllable emphasized).
Eastern Screech-Owl
Horse-like whinny & fluttering trill
Belted Kingfisher
Rattle
Northern Flicker
Slow "Wicka-wicka" call (sounds like its name); loud, piercing "Kweeah" & laughing series of "wickas";
Drumming (a territorial "call") is slower than LBWO |