Procnias albus, Photo: Michael Lahanas Cladus: Eukaryota Name Procnias albus (Hermann, 1783) Synonyms * Procnias alba Vernacular names Reference Tabula affinitatum animalium p.213 The White Bellbird (Procnias albus) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. The specific epithet is often spelled alba, but albus is correct due to the gender of genus. It is found in forests in north-eastern South America in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Only the male is white; the female is overall olive with yellowish streaks below and resembles other bellbirds. BirdLife International 2004. Procnias albus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. Further reading Snow, D.W. (1982). The Cotingas: Bellbirds, Umbrella birds and their allies. British Museum Press. ISBN 0-19-858511-X Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License |
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