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Biologists may have discovered two of the world's loudest birds
University of Massachusetts Amherst's Jeff Podos and his former graduate student João C.T. Menezes have identified two contenders for the title of world's loudest bird: the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema.
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Biologists Jeff Podos and former graduate student João C.T. Menezes of the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified the bare‑throated bellbird and the red‑legged seriema as two leading candidates for the world’s loudest bird. Their research explains why certain species produce far louder calls than others, adding to earlier work by Podos that in 2019 showed the Amazon white bellbird’s call exceeds the noise of a revving chainsaw—a finding later validated by Guinness World Records. The new study expands the list of extreme avian vocalizations and clarifies the mechanisms behind such extraordinary sound production.
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