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Why are owl hoots low-pitched? (midwest.social)
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There was an owl hooting outside our house earlier, and it occurred to me that every other bird has a high-pitched call.

Ravens have a croak that could be considered low, but their loud call is a caw that's higher. I can't think of another bird with a call nearly as low as owls'.

Search engines are no help, mostly duplicates answering why they hoot. Why are owls' calls so much lower than other birds?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lower frequencies travel better through dense areas I think. So birds in dense woods would be lower pitched. This is a massive and probably incorrect guess.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I'll agree with you here. My knowledge comes from choir teachers telling the boys to shut up because our voices boom through the walls.