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.

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) [XC287709]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Caraj\u00e1s, Aguas Claras area, Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)

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