bellbird

noun

• 1a tropical American bird of the cotinga family, with a loud explosive call.

  • Genus Procnias, family Cotingidae: four species

• 2any of a number of Australasian songbirds with a ringing call.

  • (New Zealand bellbird) a New Zealand honeyeater (Anthornis melanura, family Meliphagidae). (crested bellbird) an Australian whistler (Oreoica gutturalis, family Pachycephalidae). the bell miner.See miner²