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Birds
Three-wattled bellbird
Three-wattled bellbird · Procnias tricarunculatus
The three-wattled bellbird impresses with its loud bell-like call and unique wattles – an unforgettable experience in the cloud forests of Central America.
Fact file
- Size
- Body length around 30 centimetres, weight about 180 to 210 grams
- Males and females
- Only males have the three long wattles and are more contrastingly coloured
- Sounds
- Extremely loud bell-like call during the mating season
- Diet
- Feeds mainly on fruit and berries, occasionally insects
- Offspring
- Two broods per year, usually one chick per clutch
How to identify Three-wattled bellbird
Three-wattled bellbirds are medium-sized birds with strikingly contrasting plumage. The male shows a chocolate-brown upper body, a snow-white head and belly, and the eponymous three long, fleshy, black wattles that hang down from the base of the beak. These wattles are a reliable distinguishing feature compared with other bellbirds.
Females look plainer: their plumage ranges from olive green to yellowish with a streaked breast, and they lack the characteristic wattles. However, the most conspicuous feature of the species is still the male’s head with its special arrangement and length of the three wattles.
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