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The World’s Noisiest Birds Can Blast Calls at Nearly 130 Decibels Like a Jackhammer

Some birds sing. These birds scream like power tools. In Brazil, two species can unleash calls above 120 decibels—roughly ...

Scientists identify two of the world’s noisiest birds – and they’re as loud as a jackhammer

There are two new contenders for the world’s loudest bird – and scientists are not being quiet about it.

Biologists may have discovered two of the world's loudest birds

University of Massachusetts Amherst's Jeff Podos and his former graduate student João C.T. Menezes have identified two ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

Some birdsongs are more pleasing to human ears than others. Higher-pitched, complex calls tend to sound more beautiful to us

Do you have a favorite birdsong? Other people might share the same one. Certain acoustic features of their tweets strike a ...
Phys.org

You probably agree with animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive—new study

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns—from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the ...
Idaho Learning News on MSN

Eagle calls out, monkeys scatter — but the bird’s motive stays a mystery

A reported encounter shows an eagle vocalizing before a hunt as monkeys panic. The moment is striking, but it cannot by ...
The Conversation

You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to ...