bellbird

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English[edit]

Oreoica gutturalis
Anthornis melanura
Procnias averano
Manorina melanophrys

Etymology[edit]

From bell +‎ bird.

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bellbird (plural bellbirds)

  1. Any of various birds with a far-carrying bell-like call, including the crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis), the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura) and the neotropical bellbirds of the genus Procnias.
  2. (Australia) A bell miner (Manorina melanophrys), a bird that feeds on bell lerps (a variety of psyllid).

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