We heard the calling of the false bellbird, which is gray instead of white like the true bellbirds; it keeps among the very topmost branches. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
To think of a crow singing like a bellbird was impossible; cry and function fitted perfectly. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
Or perhaps males of the national bird of Paraguay, the bare-throated bellbird, feel attracted to other male birds?. From Wordnik.com. [Paraguay es en Sudamerica] Reference
For example, Ocotea endresiana (Lauraceae) is a tree species from Latin America which is dispersed by several species of birds, including the three-wattled bellbird. From Wordnik.com. [Seed dispersal] Reference
Other endangered restricted range species that migrate seasonally to this ecoregion are the three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) and the bare-necked umbrella bird (Cephalopterus glabricollis). From Wordnik.com. [Isthmian-Pacific moist forests] Reference
Scientists are especially concerned over the fate of many cloud-forest birds, such as the resplendent quetzal, with its streaming tail feather, and the three-wattled bellbird, so named for its patented clanging call. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest In The Clouds] Reference
The solitary bellbird chiefly, whose voice may he heard sometimes, disturbs the primeval solitude with its single sharp note, which resounds through the grove with so great a resemblance to a sheep bell that it requires. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Rashleigh] Reference
Very interesting was the false bellbird, a gray bird with loud, metallic notes. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
DoC says an intensive pest eradication programme is behind the return of the bellbird. From Wordnik.com. [Radio New Zealand News Headlines] Reference
"Anyhow, that's the bellbird; and I sent him word yesterday by one o 'them tattlin' finches to be on hand just about this time.". From Wordnik.com. [Seven Miles to Arden] Reference
The two best performers were our old friend the false bellbird, with its series of ringing whistles, and a shy, attractive antthrush. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. The River of Doubt] Reference
The two best performers were our old friend the false bellbird, with its series of ringing whistles, and a shy, attractive ant-thrush. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
The following species and subspecies were eliminated after European settlement: the Chatham Island bellbird (Anthornis melanura melanocephala), Chatham Island fernbird (Megalurus rufescens), Diffenbach’s rail (Gallirallus dieffenbachii), Chatham Island rail (Gallirallus modestus), brown teal (Anas aucklandica), bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), New Zealand falcon (Falco novaeseelandiae), and New Zealand shoveler (Anas rhynchotis variegata). From Wordnik.com. [Chatham Island temperate forests] Reference
A bellbird lifted the tiny hairs at her nape. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
"The morning bird song was over by six am, but in just one evening and a morning in the area I managed to encounter: bats, morepork, tui, bellbird, falcon, robin, tomtit, fantail, kakariki, kaka and some little grey things with hardly any tail, not sure what they are.". From Wordnik.com. [ScreenTalk] Reference
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