The Pacific koel (Eudynamys orientalis), also known as the eastern koel or formerly the common koel, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Grahamvale’s Josh McCarroll captured this image of ...

Grahamvale’s Josh McCarroll captured this image of the bird in his neighbourhood. Photo by Josh McCarroll Goulburn Valley residents ‘lucky’ enough to have been graced by a rare Pacific Koel ...

The Big Day Out is long gone, but with cicada species called “Razor Grinders”, “Double Drummers”, “Black Princes”, “Red Eyes” ...

Its call sounds like a cat being strangled. The next blow-in, the koel, flies in from Indonesia. The ascending and descending shriek has been dubbed the “most annoying bird sound in the world”.

No matter how “common,” the loon is always first in our hearts in Minnesota.

Both beak shape and body mass are also important. In general, smaller birds generate higher frequency sounds, with larger ...

A global study by UW–Madison researchers reveals how habitat, geography, body size, and beak shape influence bird sounds.

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure.

Birds adapt their sounds based on habitat, latitude, and size, with smaller birds using wide frequency ranges to ensure ...

It’s a fun skill to have, just being able to know a bird by its call or its plumage, the color of its feathers.” ...

Every year, billions of birds travel across continents and oceans. These journeys are not only fantastic to watch, but they ...