Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🐔 A noisy hen 🐦 A songbird
cackler

cackler

9.9
A bird that eats insects and has a loud, repeating song
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : cotorra
  • The cackler is easily recognized by its persistent, chattering call in the forest canopy.

Examples

  • Many cacklers feed on insects, making them important for the local ecosystem.

  • The cackler perched on a branch, filling the air with its loud and repetitive song.

  • Birdwatchers gathered early to catch a glimpse of the elusive cackler at dawn.

  • The cackler sang loudly in the morning.

  • Did you hear that cackler in the garden?

  • As the sun rose, the cackler began its morning chorus, attracting the attention of nearby birdwatchers.

  • In the quiet of the forest, the distinctive call of the cackler echoed through the trees.

Synonyms

babbler
vscackler
  • Specialized
9.9

A small noisy bird that lives in forests and eats insects

make loud repetitive songs with clear repeated phrases

Surface Forms

cackler singular
cacklers plural

Morphology

cackler = cackle (transparent) = cackle + er

Agentive formation from 'cackle' describing a bird that cackles; the name is literal and inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Cackler also names some birds from Europe, Asia, and Africa that sing a loud, repeated call. The name comes from the sound word cackle plus -er, meaning 'one who', so these birds are called cacklers because their song sounds like a steady cackle.