Editing Laughing owl (section)

===Vocalisations===
The call of the laughing owl has been described as "a loud cry made up of a series of dismal shrieks frequently repeated". The species was given its name because of this sound. Other descriptions of the call were: "A peculiar barking noise ... just like the barking of a young [[dog]]"; "Precisely the same as two men 'cooeying' to each other from a distance"; "A melancholy hooting note", or a high-pitched chattering, only heard when the birds were on the wing and generally on dark and drizzly nights or immediately preceding rain. Various whistling, chuckling and mewing notes were observed from a captive bird.

One correspondent claimed that laughing owls would be attracted by [[accordion]] play.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Buller |first=Walter Lawry |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124234076 |title=Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand' |date=1905-01-01 |volume=2 |lang=en}}</ref>