bellbirds in English

noun

1

a tropical American bird of the cotinga family, with loud explosive calls. There are wattles on the head of the male.

A 1969 survey had turned up a dismal count of just 21 tuis and 24 bellbirds for the entire island.

2

any of a number of Australasian songbirds with ringing bell-like calls, including.

Theirs isn't the honeyed call of New Zealand bellbirds but a harsher sound my bird field guide book describes as a sharp ‘jak jak jak’.

Use "bellbirds" in a sentence

1. The nests of Crested Bellbirds often have live, hairy caterpillars placed around the rim

2. Bellbird habitat Bellbirds live in native forest (including mixed podocarp-hardwood and beech forest) and regenerating forest, especially where there is diverse or dense vegetation