Listen to the rook
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About the rook
The rook is a bird in the family Corvidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 93 cm and weigh around 489 g.
What does the rook sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as corvus frugilegus and birdsounds. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area on the face. Rooks nest collectively in the tops of tall trees, often close to farms or villages; the groups of nests are known as rookeries.
Related birds in the genus Corvus
More from the family Corvidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a rook sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the rook on this page, including its corvus frugilegus and birdsounds. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the rook endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the rook as “least concern”.
What family does the rook belong to?
The rook (Corvus frugilegus) belongs to the family Corvidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Corvus frugilegus by Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov, Arkhivov – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- INaturalist observation-242592774 sound-1204664 by User:Suntooooth – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Birdsounds by Blight55 – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q25386 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Rook (bird) – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Brian Snelson from Hockley, Essex, England – CC BY 2.0