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White Bellbird
Procnias albus (Hermann, 1783)
Cotingidae — Cotingas
White Bellbird Procnias albus is a passerine of the Cotingidae family, breeding in north-eastern Amazonia in South America. It occurs in humid forest, mainly in lowland areas, and also on tepui slopes in Venezuela. The nominate form has the wider spread, with records from eastern Venezuela across the Guianas and into northern Brazil, while a separate population is known from south-eastern Pará. Males are entirely white and carry a single black wattle with a few white feathers, whereas females are olive-green above with yellow underparts marked by olive streaks.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cotingidae — Cotingas
- Breeding range
- South America: ne Amazonia
