Bare-throated Bellbird

24 cm. A chunky and sluggish cotingid. Sexes highly dimorphic. Wide gape conspicuous. <NThe male is mostly white with ocular and throat patches featherless and blue-green. <NFemale has a black head and is olive-green above. The wing coverts and tail are a lighter olive-green. Throat narrowly streaked with yellow. Belly yellow with coarse black streaks becoming smaller towards crissum: The bell-like vocalizations of this species are a characteristic feature of the southeast Brazilian rain forest. The males call a ringing, hard to describe and very loud "boink", frequently in sequence listen to the sound tracks . A variety of similar other sounds are also produced, such as a higher pitched metallic "cink-cink-cink". Forages for fruits in the upper and middle level of the canopy of tall and smaller trees. Sometimes occurs low in fruiting trees and then easily visible. Singing males are usually perched within the canopy of tall trees. Makes a stick nest formed like a cup. Common in primary and secondary mature humid forest and borders. Throughout. Serra do Mar, Serra Paranapiacaba Fazenda Intervales, PE Carlos Botelho, PE Jacupiranga , Iguape, Cananeia, Ilha do Cardoso<8E>etc., Serra Mantiqueira, Serra dos Org<C4>os<8E>. To about 1000 meters. 14666 Calls, Ubatuba, Nucleo Sta. Virginia, 10<10>30<10>93. Sunny, 25<91>C. Open forest: 945 Calls, Iguape, 10<10>20<10>94. Sunny, 25<91>C. Open swamp forest. With /Schiffornis turdinus, Chiroxiphia caudata, Platycichla flavipes .: 16257 Calls. PE Jacupiranga, Caverna do Diabo, 10<10>24<10>94. Sunny, 25<91>C. High open primary forest: 14003 Calls. Picinguaba, east of Ubatuba. Sunny, 30<91>C. 10<10>14<10>99, Forest.: 1053 > :