Birds that whistle - need info (1 Viewer)

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LoonOfTheLake

Member

• Jun 17, 2019

• #1

Hi Everyone.

I am doing some research, and am looking for any resources or information about birds that whistle (worldwide). Is there such a list? Since a "whistle" is defined as making a sound between the lips and teeth, what defines a bird that whistles?

Thanks!

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Jun 17, 2019

• #2

Sorry. Birds make their songs with an organ called a syrinx, which is located in their throat.

It may sound like a whistle, but it's not made like humans create whistles.

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Jun 17, 2019

• #3

Some birds that sound like they whistle (even tho' they don't really!):
Eurasian Wigeon
Spotted Crake

 

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Kratter

Well-known member

• Jun 18, 2019

• #4

Chickadees, pihas, screech-owls, Olive-sided Flycatchers, Mississippi Kites,Sparrows (White-throated, Golden-crowned) — the list is endless.
Andy

 

nartreb

Speak softly and carry a long lens

• Jun 18, 2019

• #5

>>> Since a "whistle" is defined as making a sound between the lips and teeth,

Hmm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWjSh5UBb1M

 

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Mike Crawley

Emeritus President at Burnage Rugby Club

• Jun 19, 2019

• #6

White-faced Whistling Duck ?
Black-bellied Whistling Duck ?
I think I've seen these two species in the Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust "collection"

 

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mark clements

New member

• Jun 19, 2019

• #7

Simply put, Jeff is right, using the standard definition of whistling using lips and teeth - no birds whistle as they have no lips and no teeth.

Merriam Webster's definitions do give you leeway, as the sound made is also a whistle, so by definition anything making that sound is whistling.

Next you have to stop and define what you mean by the word, for us to understand what you are looking for.
Starlings and Lyre Birds are extraordinary mimics and both can sound like a police or referee's whistle, or do you mean the liquid trill of the skylark?

https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=17-P13-00002&segmentID=5 has some comment

Harry