White bellbird sets Guinness World Record as the loudest bird on Earth
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Maja Mielke
Summary
In late 2018, researchers Jeffrey Podos and Mario Cohn-Haft trekked through the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and recorded the White bellbird (Procnias albus), which has since been recognized by Guinness World Records as the bird with the loudest call in the world. The male White bellbird's mating call reaches sound levels comparable to a jackhammer, and is delivered directly into females' ears. The article also references earlier work by ornithologist Erwin Nemeth, who had recorded another loud bird species about 21 years prior.
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· 3 pulledAs Jeffrey Podos and Mario Cohn-Haft fought their way through the rainforest of the Brazilian Amazon in late 2018, they did not know that their expedition would lead to a new Guinness World Record.
Carrying microphones through the densely vegetated forest, they were about to record what is today known as the bird with the loudest call in the world—the White bellbird.
With a sound level comparable to a jackhammer, White bellbird males scream their love songs right into females' ears.
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