| White Bellbird | |
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| Male. Old mounted specimens have commonly been prepared with a horn-like wattle, but in living individuals it hangs down beside the bill. |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Procnias |
| Species: | P. albus |
| Binomial name | |
| Procnias albus (Hermann, 1783) |
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The White Bellbird (Procnias albus) is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. The specific epithet is often spelled alba, but albus is correct due to the gender of genus. It is found in forests in north-eastern South America in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Only the male is white; the female is overall olive with yellowish streaks below and resembles other bellbirds.