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xeno-canto is a citizen science project and repository in which volunteers record, upload and annotate recordings of bird calls and sounds of orthoptera and bats. [2] Since it began in 2005, it has collected over 575,000 sound recordings from more than 10,000 species worldwide, and has become one of the biggest collections of bird sounds in the world. [1]
The screamers are three South American bird species placed in family Anhimidae.They were thought to be related to the Galliformes because of similar bills, but are more closely related to the family Anatidae, i.e. ducks and allies, [1] [2] and the magpie goose, [3] within the clade Anseriformes.
The call of the screaming piha is extraordinarily loud, [4] reaching 116 dB, second only to that of the white bellbird. [5] [6] In the breeding season, up to ten males may gather in loose leks, where they sing to attract females. The sound is frequently used in movies as a sound typical of the Amazon rainforest. [7]
This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3492 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3467.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1910 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1860.
Southern screamer in the Pantanal, Brazil Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anhimidae Genus: Chauna Species: C. torquata Binomial name Chauna torquata (Oken, 1816) Distribution map The southern screamer (Chauna torquata) is a species of bird in family Anhimidae of ...
The horned screamer (Anhima cornuta) is a species of bird that belongs to a relatively small family, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America. There are three screamer species, the other two being the southern screamer and the northern screamer in the genus Chauna .
The cocoi heron is the largest of the South American heron species [6] and measures 95–130 cm (37.5–51 in) in length, [4] [7] [8] although body sizes vary regionally; with southern individuals probably being the largest. [4] Adult weight of both males and females can variously range from 1.14 to 3.2 kg (2.5 to 7 lb). [7]
The fork-tailed flycatcher was described in 1760 by Mathurin Jacques Brisson under the French name "le tyran à queue fourchue" (lit. ' the fork-tailed tyrant ') [2] and then again in 1780 by Georges-Louis Buffon under the name "le savana " [3] (because it lived in savannahs), [4] but it was not until 1802 that François Marie Daudin coined the binomial name Tyrannus savana. [5]