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What is a bellbird?

What is a bellbird? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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) The bell miner, Manorina melanophrys, a bird that feeds on bell lerps (a variety of psyllid).
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Thanks to my guide, I was able to see the bearded bellbird, which you often hear in the forest because it makes an incredibly loud noise like a hammer striking an anvil, but which you rarely see.
In this area you may see the brown creeper, tomtit, robin, bellbird, rifleman, wood pigeon, falcon and kea.
For bird species we can cite the red and blue macaw, the brown-throated parakeet, the king vulture, the white bellbird, the hummingbird, and capuchin bird.
The piercing call of a bellbird draws attention to a soundtrack of bush noises.
In addition to the tui, another New Zealand species of honeyeater, known as the bellbird for its clear, bell-like call, commonly opens mistletoe flowers.
There is still the song of the bellbird and the other birds are still to be seen and heard, but not in such abundance.

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