White Bellbird (Procnias albus)

Other Scientific Names
Procnias alba [BirdLife International (2004)], Procnias alba [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Procnias alba [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Cotingidae (Cotingas)

Size
27 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hermann, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From 400 - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

White Bellbird (Procnias albus) [XC261271]
by Sidnei Dantas from Bagre, State of Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)

White Bellbird (Procnias albus) [XC830670]
by Ricardo Gagliardi from FLONA de Caraj\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Almost certainly most closely related to Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus), with which it shares several morphological characters.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

albus (Hermann, 1783) - Eastern and extreme southern Venezuela (eastern Bol��var, Cerro de la Neblina), the Guianas and adjacent northern Brazil (northern Roraima and northern Par�, also isolated records eastern from lower R Negro).
wallacei Oren & Novaes, 1985 - Serra dos Caraj�s, in south-eastern Par� (Brazil).

References
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Files:

JPG files for White Bellbird (Procnias albus) - 10 files

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