...Many species exhibit unique behaviors when forming pairs. For example, males of the bellbird ( Procnias genus, English name: bellbird) sing in the trees with a very resonant voice, as their name suggests, and display to attract females. In the cotinga bird Perissocephalus tricolor , several males gather in the same place in the forest for many years, perch on the treetops or on the branches slightly below, and sing to each other with a low, resonant voice like a cow's mooing, which attracts females and allows them to mate. ... From the Shrike Flycatcher...A general term for birds of the passerine order, family Muscicapidae, subfamily Pachycephalinae. Because their cry is a whistle, they are also called whistlers or bellbirds in English. They also have large, round heads, so are called thickheads, and some species have beaks similar to those of a shrike, so they are also called shrike-thrush. *Some of the terminology that mentions "bellbird" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…つがい形成のときには特異な行動を行うものが少なくない。例えば,スズドリ類(Procnias属3種,英名bellbird)の雄は,その名のとおり,樹上で非常によく響く声で鳴いて雌を引き付け,ディスプレーを行う。ハゲガオカザリドリPerissocephalus tricolorでは,数羽の雄が森林中の何年も引き継がれた同じ場所に集まり,樹冠かそれよりやや下層の枝に止まって,ウシの声のような響きのある低い声で鳴き合い,これに雌が引き付けられて交尾が行われる。… 【モズヒタキ】より…スズメ目ヒタキ科モズヒタキ亜科Pachycephalinaeの鳥の総称。鳴声が笛声なので,英語ではwhistler,bellbirdなどの名がある。また丸く大きな頭をもつのでthickhead,種によってはモズに似たくちばしをもつものもあるのでshrike‐thrushとも呼ばれる。… ※「bellbird」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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