Scientific name:
Procnias

Natural spread:
America

the four types of the bell-birds, particularly the Zapfenglöckner (Procnias alba), actually gave the whole family of the Kotingas the name. In the language of the Native Americans of the Amazon, "Cotinga" means "wash-white" namely; hereby, the white plumage-coloring, that forms a big exception for jungle-birds, is typically gone down well with after all for 3 types here, however, is. The fourth type, the Hämmerling (Procnias tricarunculatus), has however only a white head, otherwise however a bay plumage. The females are colored green, gray or yellow.

Shape The bell-birds are crow-big fruit-gluttons of 26-28 cm of length. The bare face and Kehlfläche of the male Nacktkehlglockenvogels (Procnias nudicollis) is green and with bristles covered and can be inflated. For the other types, swell-pure skin-expansions are typical at the head, like Z. B. this at the side beside the beak hanging, white befiederte "taps" of the Zapfenglöckners, a protuberance, that positioned when performing courtship display and is extended about the triple.

With the male of the beard-bell-bird or Araponga (Procnias averano), the throat with a series of beard-similar skin-threads is busy.

The Hämmerling or Dreilappglockenvogel carry three showy ones "rocks" at the throat, that the animal with far opened beak supplies to the show.

Way of life The bell-birds occur exclusively in Central America and in South America's northern areas and live as real jungle-inhabitants. they prefer the highland and are individually or in pairs in the treetops there. they were one, metallic sounding reputation, that fast (in the distance of 10 seconds) or, succeeding each other in big gaps, can be recited. So, the reputation of the Hämmerlings like the sound of a hammer sounds on an anvil. Bell-birds live on fruits and insects.