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Limits RegistryThe male white bellbird (Procnias albus) of the Amazon produces mating calls peaking at about 125 dB, the loudest bird call ever recorded. Jeffrey Podos (UMass Amherst) and Mario Cohn-Haft measured it in Brazil's Serra do Apiaú and published in Current Biology in 2019; a 2026 follow-up study suggests about 120 dB may be near the physical limit for birds.
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The male white bellbird (Procnias albus) of the Amazon produces mating calls peaking at about 125 dB, the loudest bird call ever recorded. Jeffrey Podos (UMass Amherst) and Mario Cohn-Haft measured it in Brazil's Serra do Apiaú and published in Current Biology in 2019; a 2026 follow-up study suggests about 120 dB may be near the physical limit for birds.
The highest measured sound pressure level of any bird vocalization, recorded in the wild.
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Limits Registry. LR-LOUDEST-BIRD-WHITE-BELLBIRD. Loudest bird call. 2026.