White bellbirds produce loudest bird call ever recorded

Procnias albus, commonly known as white bellbird, might have the loudest bird call ever measured. Researchers recorded Type 1 mating songs at an average of 108.9 ± 2.3 dB with peaks at 116.7 ± 1.0 dB and Type 2 mating songs at an average of 116.6 ± 3.6 dB with peaks at 125.4 ± 1.7 dB.

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Video credit: Anselmo d’Affonseca
Research: Extremely loud mating songs at close range in white bellbirds
Jeffrey Podos, Mario Cohn-Haft
Current Biology, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.09.028

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