BELLBIRD Definition & Meaning

bellbird

Or bell bird

[bel-burd]

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noun

any of several birds having a loud bell-like cry, especially Anthornis melanura, a honey eater of New Zealand, and Procnias tricarunculata three-wattled bellbird of Central America.

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noun

any of several tropical American passerine birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call: family Cotingidae (cotingas)
either of two other birds with a bell-like call: an Australian flycatcher, Oreoica gutturalis ( crested bellbird ), or a New Zealand honeyeater, Anthornis melanura

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bellbird¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; bell ¹ + bird

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The white bellbird of the Amazon may be the loudest bird in the world.

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At first glance, the white bellbird doesn’t appear to have benefited similarly.

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The white bellbird — one of four bellbird species in South and Central America — is a favorite among birders in Brazil.

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Male bellbirds likely evolved their piercing calls to attract and impress females in the Amazon rainforest, where they live.

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Cohn-Haft speculated that plentiful food in the bellbird’s mountain habitat had allowed the species to become unhitched from strict obedience to the dictates of survival of the fittest.

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