bellbird
noun
bell·bird
ˈbel-ˌbərd 
: any of various birds (such as flycatchers of the genus Procnias and the honeyeater of the genus Anthornis) whose notes suggest the sound of a bell
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White bellbirds fill the Amazonian soundscape with a clatter of strange, clanging sounds.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
Though most people think all three bellbird subspecies are screechy, Podos disagrees.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2019
But the male white bellbird blasts the louder of its two songs within 13 feet of females.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2019
According to a study published in Current Biology, the screaming piha was thought to be the loudest bird on the planet before researchers and study authors, Jeffrey Podos and Mario Cohn-Haft, trekked through the Amazon to record the bellbird.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2019
The pihas calls proved to be the softest, and the Type 2 bellbird calls the loudest.
—Liz Langley, National Geographic, 21 Oct. 2019
White bellbirds fly about in mountainous regions of the Brazilian Amazon, emitting a strange, tinny call that is impossible to miss.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 Oct. 2019
The white bellbird of the Amazon may be the loudest bird in the world.
—Eliene Augenbraun, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2019
As a result, the male white bellbird in the Amazon may be the loudest bird on earth.
—National Geographic, 24 Oct. 2019
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
Though most people think all three bellbird subspecies are screechy, Podos disagrees.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2019
But the male white bellbird blasts the louder of its two songs within 13 feet of females.
—Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2019
According to a study published in Current Biology, the screaming piha was thought to be the loudest bird on the planet before researchers and study authors, Jeffrey Podos and Mario Cohn-Haft, trekked through the Amazon to record the bellbird.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2019
The pihas calls proved to be the softest, and the Type 2 bellbird calls the loudest.
—Liz Langley, National Geographic, 21 Oct. 2019
White bellbirds fly about in mountainous regions of the Brazilian Amazon, emitting a strange, tinny call that is impossible to miss.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 24 Oct. 2019
The white bellbird of the Amazon may be the loudest bird in the world.
—Eliene Augenbraun, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2019
As a result, the male white bellbird in the Amazon may be the loudest bird on earth.
—National Geographic, 24 Oct. 2019
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