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White bellbirds produce loudest bird call ever recorded

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Procnias albus, commonly known as white bellbird, might have the loudest bird call ever measured. Researchers recorded Type 1 mating songs at an average of 108.9 ± 2.3 dB with peaks at 116.7 ± 1.0 dB and Type 2 mating songs at an average of 116.6 ± 3.6 dB with peaks at 125.4 ± 1.7 dB. Credits Video credit: Anselmo d’Affonseca Research: Extremely loud mating songs at close range in white bellbirds Jeffrey Podos, Mario Cohn-Haft Current Biology, DOI:

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