This is Bird Note, and this is the exceptionally loud metallic call of the barethroated bellbird.

It's so loud that it can be heard nearly a mile away. Let's hear it again. The barethroated

bellbird is the national bird of Paraguay.

Males are covered from nearly head to tail and striking white plumage.

But the area around their beaks and extending down across their throats is, well, bear,

exposing teal-colored skin.

Females blend seamlessly into the foliage with olive-green backs and flex of yellow across their breasts.

The bare-throat of bellbird is considered a key indicator species, so hearing its loud chime

suggests that you are in a healthy and functioning ecosystem.

In the indigenous language Guadani, the bear throat of bellbird is known as grudah, Pong,

with grudah meaning bird, and Pong, referring to,

beloved in Paraguay for its call and beauty, the bearthroat of Bellbird inspires music, played on another emblem of Paraguay, the harp.

Here's the song Pajaro Campana, Spanish for Bear Throde Bellbird, played on the Paraguayan harp.

For Bird Note, I'm Nick Byard.