Bearded Bellbird - Procnias averano

Araponga barbu

Bearded Bellbird male adult breeding, song
These birds have a stout barrel-shaped upper chest at certain angles the strong pectoral muscles enlarged syringeal cartilage seem to show through. This enlarged vocal apparatus results in these birds having some of the loudest calls of any bird.
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  • song
  • ♂
  • adult
  • breeding
  • Campanero barbudo
  • araponga-do-nordeste
  • Bartkotinga
  • Procnias averano
  • Passeriformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Passériformes
Family : Cotingidae
Species : Bearded Bellbird

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

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The picture

O.Net ref. : stga49469
Author :
RAINBIRDER
Gender : ♂
Plumage : adult, breeding

Shooting

date : 2006 May
Country : Trinidad and Tobago (td)
Region : County of Saint George
Place : Arima Forest Reserve Arima Forest Reserve
Lat. : 10° 40' 41'' North
Lng. : 61° 17' 59'' West