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- Author(s): Wexler, Mark (AUTHOR)
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National Wildlife. Apr/May2020, Vol. 58 Issue 3, p8-8. 1/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
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A team of U.S. and Brazilian scientists report that they have recorded the loudest bird calls ever documented. The source: dove-size male white bellbirds (left) that sing during mating rituals in the northern Amazon. In previous work, co-author Mario Cohn-Haft of Brazil's Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia found that bellbirds have unusually thick ribs and abdominal muscles, most likely tied to their loud calls. [Extracted from the article]
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