A paper published Monday in the journal Current Biology identifies the world’s loudest bird.
The white bellbird woos its mate with an ear-splitting, two-toned clang.
Reporter Daniel Grossman (@grossmanmedia) visited with one of the paper’s authors in the Brazilian Amazon.
This report was done in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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