| Bare-throated bellbird | |
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| In Paraná, Brazil. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Procnias |
| Species: | P. nudicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Procnias nudicollis (Vieillot, 1817)
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The bare-throated bellbird (Procnias nudicollis) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae. It is found in moist subtropical and tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The male has white plumage and bristly bluish-black bare skin around its eye, beak and throat. The female is more drab, being olive-brown above with streaked yellow underparts. The male has one of the loudest known bird calls, producing a metallic sound similar to a hammer striking an anvil. This bird feeds strictly on fruit and plays a part in dispersing the seeds of forest trees. It is considered Near Threatened because of loss of its forest habitat and collection for the pet bird trade
The male bird has striking white plumage and a bare bluish-black patch of skin around its eyes and beak and on its throat. The female is duller in colour with a black crown, olive-brown upper parts and yellowish underparts streaked with olive green. This bird is about 27 cm (11 in) long.[2]
Like other bellbirds (Procnias), the bill of P. nudicollis has a short bill with a very wide gape.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Procnias nudicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22700968A177705453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22700968A177705453.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Bare-throated bellbird fact file". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ Snow, David W. (2004). "Family Cotingidae (Cotingas)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 32–108 [104–105]. ISBN 978-84-87334-69-6.