Submitted 1 week ago by barkybeak@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
I would say not all birds sing, mainly just song birds sing. Lots of other birds don’t sing either like crows, woodpeckers, jays, pelicans, eagles, hawks, owls, etc.
Note: I’m not any kind of bird expert, so it is possible some of the birds that I listed have a song-like call that I’m unfamiliar with or am forgetting about.
Yeah; crows have mating songs.
But it’s all about two things: attracting a mate and avoiding predators.
Some birds use sound for that. Other birds use visual displays, aerobatics, sheer viciousness, or other physical traits. Some use combinations of the above. Like everything else, what works will survive to be used by the next generation.
Just take a look at the shoebill stork. If this is singing than me dragging my nails across chalkboard should be qualified as opera
Oh gosh! It sounds like the russian was coming.
It’s probably because of its problem in pronouncing the “i” correctly. (Probably only Germans will get that joke)
Crows, jays and woodpeckers are songbirds too.
that’s mostly just pecking and squeaking or schreeching
Not all birds sing well.
I love this answer. Beauty is in the eye ear of the beholder.
If all humans speak English, why do the Chinese speak Mandarin, the French speak French, and Norwegians talk like cavemen?
That’s essentially what you just asked.
Because songbirds evolved to attract mates with their songs, and the fowl and the like didn’t so much.
Only the passerines (songbirds) sing.
This is the most “I like all music except rap and country” post I’ve ever seen.
"If all birds sing… "
Not all birds sing.
"And if they do… "
See above.
All three of those have songs.
Ducks can do this strange little warble when in their own groups. Geese sing hymns to satan. Swans I haven’t been around enough of to have heard their sweeter sounds, but I’ve been told they exist.
But chickens? They sing. Even roosters, but hens in particular have multiple songs. Trills mostly, and the one you hear most is when they’re sleepy and letting each other know all is well. They can do this little purr when they’re feeling all lovey or wanting treats. They even chirp when surprised.
The bawks aren’t even singular. Depending on what they’re doing and what’s going on, it can be quiet like buks, loud and annoyed baaawks, friendly tuk-tuks when food is around, trouble boks when they’re after something and trying to be all stealth but can’t just not make sounds, outright squawks when complaining about something. They have a rich range of vocalizations. Maybe not as complex as something like a parrot or raven, but I’d say more complex than the budgies I’ve been around.
That’s not even getting into other sounds they make as a side effect of other communication efforts. Beak clicks, clacks, and snaps. Wing beats and feather ruffles.
Roosters gobble! Very similar to the classic turkey sound, though not identical enough that you’d mistake one for the other. They also make loud whistles, hisses (which hens can do, but rarely get scrappy enough to fight, so it’s rare), and screams.
But roosters also sing their version of trills and purrs.
Thing is, unless you really chill with your chickens, you won’t hear most of them. Day to day, they’re out hunting and pecking and buk-bukking, with the occasional bawk bawk when they find something interesting. But if you’re with them for a while, you’ll catch the others.
TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 1 week ago
Because not all birds are songbirds.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I wonder if some dinosaurs honked, etc., and others were songdinos.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 week ago
So passerineodons?