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BARE-THROATED BELLBIRD Procnias nudicollis VULNERABLE ATLANTIC FOREST
National Bird of Paraguay and emblem of FAUNA Paraguay, the Bare-necked Bellbird is truly an honoured individual! Territorial males produce the loud call so characteristic of the Bellbirds, and you really have to hear it for yourself to appreciate how loud it can be! Check out the effort invested in the call by the bird in the video as he strains to put his full capacity behind every note!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1979PH) Adult male, Estancia Paetzold, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1980PH) Adult male dorsal, Zoologico Juan XXIII, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1981PH) Adult male ventral, Zoologico Juan XXIII, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE4076PH) Adult female, Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith August 2014).
VIDEO - (FPAVE1982VI) Territorial adult male, Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith September 2006).
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Procnias nudicollis
1 (FPAVE1983RE) Song recorded Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
2 (FPAVE1984RE) Song  recorded Yaguarete Forest, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
Click the links to hear the calls. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.