Xah Lee, 2005-03-08
While reading about the horse that neighed, i thought of words that characterize animal's cries. Here's a list:
horses neigh, donkeys bray, bulls snort, hogs grunt, goats bleat, lions roar, wolves howl, cats meow and purr, dogs growl and bark, puppies yelp, snakes hiss, rattle snakes rattle, hens cackle and cluck, crows caw, roosters crow, birds chirp and tweet, pidgeons coo, ducks quack, owls hoot, chickadees chickadee, cuckoos cuckoo, bees drone, flies buzz, whales hum (and sing), dolphins click (and whistle), frogs ribbit (and croak), elephant trumpet, sheep baa, hyenas laugh, monkeys chatter and gibber, parrots talk, humans brouaha and hubhub and babble.
This reminds me of H G Well's War of the Worlds, where Martians ululate!
Wikipedia adds: Onomatopoeia↗.
This site characterize bird calls. Very funny: http://www.bcpl.net/~tross/songs.html (QUICK GUIDE TO BIRD SONGS. For Beginning Birders. by Ben Poscover)