Bare-throated Bellbird
A species of Neotropical Bellbirds Scientific name : Procnias nudicollis Genus : Neotropical Bellbirds
Bare-throated Bellbird, A species of Neotropical Bellbirds
Botanical name: Procnias nudicollis
Genus: Neotropical Bellbirds
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Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
The male bird has striking white plumage and a bare bluish-black patch of skin around its eyes and beak and on its throat. The female is duller in colour with a black crown, olive-brown upper parts and yellowish underparts streaked with olive green. This bird is about 27 cm (11 in) long. The male has one of the loudest calls of any bird - a sharp sound like that of a hammer striking an anvil or a bell, emitted by the male while it perches on a high branch in order to attract a mate. The sound is so loud, that it can be heard up to a mile away and can apparently cause damage to human hearing if heard from close range. 
Size
27 - 29 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Habitat
The habitat of bare-throated Bellbird encompasses the dense canopy layers of preserved humid to wet Atlantic forests. These birds are typically associated with higher strata, including the subcanopy and understory, and are also known to inhabit the canopy regions of Araucaria forests within the Atlantic Forest Domain.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Behavior
It is threatened by habitat loss and by poaching for cage birds. It raises the attraction of collectors because of the adult males's showy coloration (shiny white with the skin of the throat bare and turquoise blue; the female, as well as both sexes juveniles, are mostly light or olive green with a black head). A fruit-eating species, it acts in the ecology of the Atlantic rainforest as a dispersor of seeds. Despite its vulnerable status, it can be found in an unusual urban setting, a juvenile male having been photographed in 2007 foraging in one of the campuses of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro set in an artificial island in the vicinity of the heavily polluted Guanabara Bay; another specimen had already been spotted in 2005 at the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo.
Distribution Area
The bare-throated bellbird is a native of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Cotingas Genus
Neotropical Bellbirds Species
Bare-throated Bellbird 
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