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The three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus) is a Central American migratory bird of the cotinga family. The sexes are very dissimilar in appearance. The male has a white head and throat and the remaining plumage is chestnut brown. From the base of his beak dangle three long, slender, black wattles that he uses in display.
I'm no expert on bellbird vocalisations, but there seems to be a moderate amount of info available, and a study has even been conducted about their song on this particular island (Dianne H. Brunton and Xiaoling Li. "The song structure and seasonal patterns of vocal behavior of male and female bellbirds (Anthornis melanura)". Journal of Ethology.
Neotropical bellbird (or simply bellbird) is the common name given to passerine birds of the genus Procnias, found in the Neotropics. They are members of the cotinga family. They are all restricted to tropical or subtropical humid forested regions, often in low mountains or foothills .
In Māori, the bellbird is known by several names, including kōmako, [17] kōparapara, [18] korimako, [5] makomako and kopara. [19] The male bellbird is known as kēkerematua or kerekerematātu. [20] The English common name "bellbird" originates from the imaginative similarity of one of its notes to the distant ringing of a bell. [21]
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[7] [9] While Latham's scientific name became accepted, John Gould continued to use Australian bellbird as the name for the species in 1848. [7] [10] The common name of bellbird may lead to some confusion with the Australian inland endemic crested bellbird, which is a member of the family Oreoicidae. The two species exhibit very different calls ...
The song recounts the story of black woman who died after being struck with a cane by William Zantzinger, a young white man who came from a wealthy family and who was ultimately sentenced to six months in prison for his crime. Writer Mike Marqusee compared the two songs as being about women "whose [lives are] destroyed by the whims of the ...
That Woman, lovely Woman! may have dominion Arise O Rintrah thee I call! & Palamabron thee. Go! tell the human race that Womans love is Sin! That an Eternal life awaits the worms of sixty winters In an allegorical abode where existence hath never come: Forbid all Joy, & from her childhood shall the little female Spread nets in every secret path."