This sound effect can be found on the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, which was made by Sound Ideas.
Info
- First recorded: 1934
- Creator: Thomas J Valentino (possibly)
- Owner: Burroughs-Tarzan Enterprises Inc. (1938-1940s), Warner Bros (1940s-1950s), Hanna-Barbera (1950s-1993), Thomas J. Valentino (1950s/60s-1986), Sound Ideas (1993-present)
- Origin: United States
- Year debut: May 27, 1938
- First heard: Tarzan and the Green Goddess (a Tarzan film)
- Area used: Worldwide
It was originally a Tarzan sound effect, but then, Warner Bros started using it in their cartoons. Then in the 1950s, Hanna-Barbera acquired this sound effect. In 1993, Sound Ideas added it to the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library, and it is commonly heard in more than hundreds of media. A high pitched copy of this effect also found its way into the Major Records library in 1968, erroneously labelled "Valentino Single Cockatoo Trills & Caws". It should be noted that there are parts to this not available on any commercial SFX library. Those can be heard in the Looney Tune "Dough for the Do-Do", the Pink Panther cartoon "It's Pink But Is It Mink?", as well as in the documentary Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944) The cleanest sample of the full version can be found on a YouTube video called "Disneyland Jungle Cruise - Jungle Sounds".
The sound effect is often used in movies, TV shows or video games when a scene takes place in a jungle, however, most of the time when the sound effect is used (along with other sound effects of the bird), it is often used in the wrong place (it is used mostly in a jungle that is in either Africa or South America) as the kookaburra is native to Australia.
Clean, Full Length and Unedited Link to the Sound Effect
Similar Variations
- BIRD, EXOTIC - EXOTIC BIRD CALLS, MIXED, ANIMAL (can be heard briefly)
- Valentino Single Cockatoo Trills & Caws (high pitched)
Used In
TV Shows
- The Backyardigans (Heard once in "The Heart of the Jungle".)
- Barney & Friends (Heard twice in "Stick with Imagination!" and "Who's Who at the Zoo?" during the song "Jungle Adventure".)
- Beany and Cecil (Heard in "The Spots off a Leopard"; 2nd "ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh" only.)
- Bobby's World (Heard once in "The Visit to Aunt Ruth's".)
- Blue's Clues (Heard in "What Time Is It for Blue?", "Pretend Time", "Nurture!", "Imagine Nation" and "Animals in Our House?".)
- Boo! (Heard once in "Australian Bush".)
- Breadwinners (Heard once in "Lost at Pond".)
- Camp Lazlo (Heard often in "Lumpy Treasure" and "The Wig of Why".)
- The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (Heard once in "The Rain Game".)
- Codename: Kids Next Door
- Courage The Cowardly Dog (Heard once in "Farmer-Hunter, Farmer-Hunted".)
- Crocadoo
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Dora the Explorer (Heard once in "Super Map" and heard twice in "Meet Diego".)
- Doug (Heard once in "Doug's Patti Beef".)
- DuckTales (Heard in "Dinosaur Ducks.")
- The Flintstones (sometimes used for prehistoric ambience)
- Garfield and Friends (Heard once in "The Automated, Animated Adventure".)
- The Ghost and Molly McGee
- Harvey Girls Forever!
- Higglytown Heroes (Heard once in "Higgly Islands".)
- I Am Weasel (Often used as part of the score involving I.R. Baboon)
- Inspector Gadget
- LazyTown
- Little Einsteins
- The Magic School Bus (Heard once in "In the Haunted House".)
- The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (Heard in "Cammie Island" and "Plant Man".)
- My Gym Partner's a Monkey (heard in the intro)
- The New Three Stooges (Heard in the "Orangutan" wraparound and once in "Safari So Good.")
- Out of Jimmy's Head (Heard once in "Friends".)
- The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show
- The Pink Panther Show (Heard in "Unsafe and Seine".)
- Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (Heard in "The Lost Mines of Kilimanjaro!" and and "Lost Soles of Jungle River!".)
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (Heard once in "Hassle in the Castle".)
- Sesame Street (Heard in the jungle letters segments, and the sketch featuring Ernie and Bert and Dr. Livingstone in a high pitch.)
- Sid the Science Kid (Heard once in "That's the Way the Ball Bounces".)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Heard once in "MermaidMan vs. SpongeBob", "SpongeBob vs. the Big One", "Squidward's Tiki Tiki Land Song", and "Pressure.")
- Squirrel Boy (Heard once in "Islands in the Street".)
- Taz-Mania (Heard once in the intro.)
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Welcome to Pooh Corner
- What a Cartoon! (Heard once in "The Ignoramooses".)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Heard once in the intro.)
TV Specials
Movies
- Airplane! (1980)
- Attack! Battle of New Britain (1944)
- The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
- Cape Fear (1962) (Heard once in a high pitch.)
- Creature of the Black Lagoon (1954)
- Francis (1950)
- Howard the Duck (1986)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (Heard in a high pitch.)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- King Kong (1976)
- Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (Used for jungle ambience.)
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
- Objective, Burma! (1945) (Used very heavily.)
- Revenge of the Creature (1955)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (Used very heavily.)
- Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1937) (debut)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- West of Zanzibar (1954)
Shorts
- Bedevilled Rabbit
- Cartoon Network Groovies - Time is Running Out
- DePatie-Freleng Cartoons (Heard in "Unsafe and Seine" and "It's Pink But Is It Mink?")
- Disney Cartoons
- Disney Fairies (Heard once in "We're Lost".)
- Duck Amuck (1953) (Short)
- Fantasy (1976) (Shorts)
- The Inspector Cartoons (Heard in "Unsafe and Seine".)
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- Pink Panther Cartoons (Heard in "It's Pink But Is It Mink?")
- Zoom and Bored
Video Games
PC:
- Blue's ABC Time Activities
- Felix the Cat's Cartoon Toolbox
- Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
- JumpStart Music
- Lego Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge
- Lego Racers 2
- Living Books: The Berenstain Bears In The Dark (Heard when Butterflies/Moths Come out of the Book)
- Power Wheels: Off-Road Adventure
- Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo
- The Simpsons Cartoon Studio
- Spore Galactic Adventures (Only Heard in Jungle Ambience 1)
- Spy Fox 3: "Operation Ozone"
- Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center
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Videos
- Baby Einstein
- Baby Dolittle: World Animals (2001) (Videos) (Heard in a toy scene before the overture, and the drawing scene.)
- Computer Dreams (1988) (Videos)
- Joe Scruggs in Concert (1992) (Videos)
- The Wiggles: Space Dancing! (2003) (Videos) (Used for Australian country ambience.)
Music
- Playboy - In Da Jungle (Mod Wheel Safari Mix) (1996)
- Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots - Dis-Gorilla (1976)
Theme Parks
- It's a Small World (Theme Parks) (Heard in the Africa/Jungle Room)
- Jungle Cruise (Theme Parks) (Indirectly Heard in the Queue Area)
Commercials
- Budweiser - Zoo Menagerie (2005)
- Dannon Sprinklins Yogurt Commercial (1991)
- Kid Cuisine - The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004)
- YTV: Tarzan Movie Contest (1999) (Commercials)
Bumpers
- NBC Saturday Morning Bumpers (1990-1991)
- BBC 2 - Predator
Trailers
- Chimpanzee (2012) (Trailers)
- Donkey Kong 64 Promotional Trailer 1999
- McDonalds - Ronald and Me - Dinosaur Hunt (2001)
TV Spots
Other Media
- Golden Book Video (Heard often in "Golden Jungle Tales" in a high pitch.)
- Playhouse Disney's Stanley: The Lost Animatic & Pilot Animation
YouTube Videos
Image Gallery
Sound Ideas, BIRDS, JUNGLE - AFTERNOON JUNGLE BIRDS CALLING, ANIMAL/Image Gallery
Audio Samples
(An alt. variation not available on any commercial sound effects library.)
