Fowl language: Amazonian bird's mating call noisiest in world
by Daniel Grossman produced in partnership with the P from Environment | The Guardian on (#4SYBN)
White bellbird's call reaches same volume as pneumatic drill during courtship ritual
A bird in the Amazon has shattered the record for the loudest call to be recorded, reaching the same volume as a pneumatic drill.
The white bellbird, which lives in the mountains of the north-eastern Amazon, was recorded at 125 decibels (dB), three times louder than the next bird in the pecking order, the screaming piha.
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