animal songs

Beasts making music

Songs performed by non-human animals, particularly the complex vocalizations of birds and whales used for mating, territory defense, or communication.

Birdsong especially parallels human music in structure and learning: The mockingbird's animal songs incorporate dozens of borrowed melodies.

The term also covers human songs about animals or mimicking animal sounds.

Related

howl · wolf howl · chirp · roar · lion roar · mating call · mating ritual · dawn chorus · cicada · lullaby · humpback · warble · territory · nightingale · loon · mockingbird · serenade · croak

Categories
Opposites
producer/origin

animal songsvocal music

Music produced by singing

instrumental music · choral music · human voice · orchestral music · pop music

naturalness

animal songselectronic music

Synthesizer-based musical genre

digital audio · computer-generated music · industrial noise · computer music · white noise

communicative purpose

animal songsart music

Formal composed tradition

dance music · protest songs · love songs · anthems · lullabies

Family

animal, animals, animalistic, animate, animated, animation, animator, inanimate, anima

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G