BIRDS NEWS

“Ding dong ding dong”, the bell bird is singing!!

Uncommon, unusual, atypical, bizarre, rare: all of this terms describe our surprising visit of the Three- wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus).
Weeks ago, at the private reserve of Lapa Rios, must of the guides were intrigue with the sound herd nearby the medicine walk. We all thought that it could be, but no one had yet seen it to, affirm the truth. Today, we know, and we are still curious about this migration of the bellbird to the lowlands tropical rainforest of the Osa Peninsula. Some people state that this is the first time to hear them and see them on the last 5 years. Bellbirds disperse to lower elevations after breeding, probably following regular annual routes; it forages at middle and upper levels of mature wet forest, humid forest, and advanced second growth.
By the way, this bird is endemic from eastern Honduras to western Panama.