Listen to the Capuchinbird
Tip: press play to see the sound's live frequency spectrum in blue over the waveform.
About the Capuchinbird
The Capuchinbird is a bird in the family Cotingidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Capuchinbird sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
From Wikipedia
The capuchinbird or calfbird (Perissocephalus tricolor) is a large passerine bird of the family Cotingidae. It is monotypic within the genus Perissocephalus. It is found in humid forests (up to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) but mostly below 600 m) in north-eastern South America, almost entirely north of the Amazon River and east of Rio Negro (Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and The Guianas).
More from the family Cotingidae
Andean cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola peruvianus
Guianan cock-of-the-rock
Rupicola rupicola
Amazonian umbrellabird
Cephalopterus ornatus
Screaming piha
Lipaugus vociferans
Red-crested cotinga
Ampelion rubrocristatus
Scaled fruiteater
Ampelioides tschudii
Long-wattled umbrellabird
Cephalopterus penduliger
Rufous piha
Lipaugus unirufus
Black-necked red cotinga
Phoenicircus nigricollis
Purple-throated cotinga
Porphyrolaema porphyrolaema
Orange-breasted fruiteater
Pipreola jucunda
Dusky piha
Lipaugus fuscocinereus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Capuchinbird sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Capuchinbird on this page. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Capuchinbird endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Capuchinbird as “least concern”.
What family does the Capuchinbird belong to?
The Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor) belongs to the family Cotingidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Singing of Capuchinbird - Calfbird - Perissocephalus tricolor by Torben Friedrich – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q516264 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Capuchinbird – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0