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Free Bird Sound Effects

Birdsong, chirps, wings, crows, owls and seagulls. Free bird sound effects for nature ambience, film and games.

89 free bird sounds — growing every day

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Dawn Bird Chorus
6.0s · ★ 9.5
12
Peaceful Bird Chirps
3.9s · ★ 9.4
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Loud Duck Quack Series
3.0s · ★ 9.8
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Spring Shower Birdsong
6.0s · ★ 9.5
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Morning Robin Birdsong
5.0s · ★ 9.8
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Morning Forest Birds
6.0s · ★ 9.8
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Hummingbird Wing Buzz
2.0s · ★ 9.0
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256
Close Hummingbird Buzz
2.0s · ★ 8.5
249
Soaring Eagle Screech
2.0s · ★ 9.5
240
Hedge Sparrow Chatter
5.0s · ★ 6.0
238
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Wild Turkey Gobble
2.0s · ★ 9.0
224
Crow Flock Scattering
3.0s · ★ 10.0
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Laughing Kookaburra Call
3.0s · ★ 10.0
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Pigeon Flock Takeoff
2.0s · ★ 9.8
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Windowsill Pigeon Coo
3.0s · ★ 9.0
158
Ominous Crow Caw
2.0s · ★ 9.8
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Soft Baby Chick Peeps
4.0s · ★ 9.5
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Tiny Duckling Peeps
3.0s · ★ 8.5
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Morning Robin Song
4.0s · ★ 10.0
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Distant Hawk Screech
2.0s · ★ 9.0
62
Bright Canary Trill Song
4.0s · ★ 10.0
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Dusk Blackbird Melody
5.0s · ★ 9.4
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Blackbird Evening Song
4.0s · ★ 9.5
45
Single Crow Caw
2.0s · ★ 9.5
39
Sharp Parrot Squawk
2.0s · ★ 10.0
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Misty Lake Loon Call
4.0s · ★ 9.8
37
Dove Takeoff Flutter
2.0s · ★ 9.5
36
Proud Hen Cluck
3.0s · ★ 9.0
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Loud Peacock Call
2.0s · ★ 9.5
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Turkey Vulture Hiss
1.9s · ★ 9.0
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Ominous Raven Croak
2.0s · ★ 9.0
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Sunset Swallow Twitter
3.8s · ★ 9.0
27
Cuckoo Clock Hour Chime
2.8s · ★ 10.0
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Migrating Geese Honk
4.0s · ★ 9.0
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Soaring Eagle Screech
2.0s · ★ 10.0
21
Migrating Goose Flock
4.0s · ★ 9.0
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Bright Canary Singing
4.0s · ★ 9.8
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How editors use them

Birds are how audiences read time of day and place: a dawn chorus says morning, a single crow says something is wrong, gulls say coast. A quiet bird bed is the fastest fix for exterior dialogue that sounds like it was shot in a vacuum. Keep the bed wide and the individual calls sparse — real birds are not constant.

Bird Sound Effects — common questions

Are these bird sound effects free for commercial use?
Yes. Every bird sound in this library is royalty-free for commercial and personal work — monetised video, games, apps, podcasts, ads and client projects — with no fee and no royalties, under CC BY 4.0. The one condition is a credit to BudgetPixel AI; each sound page has the line ready to copy.
Do I need an account to download bird sound effects?
No. Search, preview and download any bird sound without signing up — all 89 of them. Each one comes as lossless WAV or MP3 at 44.1 kHz, and both formats carry the same free licence.
What if the exact bird sound I need isn't here?
Describe it and generate it. The free generator on this page makes a new bird sound from a text prompt in about fifteen seconds, up to ten seconds long, with no account. For longer or private results — or effects synced to your own video — use the BudgetPixel audio workshop; a free account comes with 300 credits a month.