Some birds sing. These birds scream like power tools. In Brazil, two species can unleash calls above 120 decibels—roughly jackhammer territory. One bare-throated bellbird produced a fleeting peak of ...
A bird in the Brazilian forest opens its beak, and a sound akin to metal being struck hard splits the forest. The call of a bird roughly the size of a pigeon exceeds 120 decibels, dB—comparable to the ...
Samuel Henderson was four years old and eating Dippin’ Dots at the zoo when a great-tailed grackle caught his attention. He copied the bird’s call, and the bird answered him. Eight years later, the ...