Bare-throated Bellbird

Bare-throated bell bird ( Procnias nudicollis )

The Bare-throated bell bird ( Procnias nudicollis ) is a South American bird cry from the family of jewelry birds.

Features

It reaches a size of 27 cm. The male has a white plumage with blue-green bare skin around the eyes and on the throat, which is covered with black bristles. The females are olive-green on the upper side, the wings and the tail and dashed yellowish white at the bottom. The head is black, the chest is dashed olive green and bright.

The metallic tinkling, bell-like reputation among the loudest utterances in the bird world.

Behavior

The Bare-throated bell bird spends most quiet in the treetops, feeding on fruits.

Occurrence

The bird lives in eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina in the mountain tropical forest. In winter they move to deeper regions.

Reproduction

The male calls from a prominent place with her ​​head thrown back by a female. Immerse a possible partner on, it starts with spread tail feathers from branch to jump to branch.

After mating, a thin cup-shaped nest of sticks in a tree fork, preferably at a height of 5-7 m will be built in cocoa trees. It is placed a single light-brown egg that is mottled dark brown. Incubation period is 23 days. The young fledge after 33 days.

Particularity

In Paraguay, the metallic -sounding song of the bird stimulated the local musicians into one piece. " Pajaro Campana " is both the title and the name of the bird in Spanish.