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bellbird
or bell bird
[ bel-burd ]
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.
bellbird
/ ˈbɛlˌbɜːd /
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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There are the campanero or bellbird, and the flautero or flute bird.
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