Cotingas (Cotingidae)
White Bellbird (Procnias albus) - HBW 9, p. 105
French: Araponga blanc
German: Einlappenkotinga
Spanish: Campanero Blanco
Taxonomy: Ampelis alba Hermann, 1783, Cayenne.
Almost certainly most closely related to P. tricarunculatus, with which it shares several morphological characters. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albus (Hermann, 1783) - E & extreme S Venezuela (E Bolívar, Cerro de la Neblina), the Guianas and adjacent N Brazil (N Roraima and N Pará, also isolated records E from lower R Negro).
- wallacei Oren & Novaes, 1985 - Serra dos Carajás, in SE Pará (Brazil).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Zoom in to a male perched in a treetop, calling twice. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A male calling three times from a dead branch. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
A bird giving an amazing call Locality Escalera Road, Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp albus)
Ron Hoff 12 March 2005 5 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
A male perched on a branch, calling twice and flying away. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A male perched on a branch calling twice. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 22 sec 4 -
A male perched on a branch, stretching the wing and calling. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 19 sec 4
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Calling male
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp albus)
Richard Bayldon 8 March 2012 41 weeks ago 4.1 -
A male perched on a branch.
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp albus)
Dilia E. Garcia 25 July 2008 4 years ago 3 -
A male calling from the top of a tree.
Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp albus)
Dilia E. Garcia 25 July 2008 4 years ago 2.7 -
A male perched in a treetop.
Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil (ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 2.6
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Sierra de Lema just before La Gran Savanna Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
Joe Klaiber 1 August 2010 41 weeks ago 5 -
Song of a male. Locality Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp wallacei)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Two birds singing. Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
(ssp albus)
Nick Athanas 10 May 2002 3 years ago 4
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