Went to the Cumberland State Forest today and was disappointed that i didn't see more birds, as there is a long list that are supposed to be seen there. I did catch a glimpse of a bell minor, and their call was the loudest and most distinctive. I don't know how similiar they are to the noisy miner, but i have not seen one before.
Elizabeth
Bell Miners are aggressive and tend to exclude other birds from their territory, as do Noisy Miners. Both are in the same genus/family, Manorina.
Noisy Miners tend to be more adaptable to urban environments, Bell Miners seem to need forest/wooded landscapes.
Thanks for that, interesting.
elizabeth
Crested Bellbirds are in the Whistler family; they have a wide distribution in the dry areas of Aus; generally west of the Great Dividing range - my pics https://pacart.smugmug.com/Whistlers/i-54VVgkv/A
Peter
'bellbird' is a common name for Bell Miner.
i hear it much more than the official name from the general public.
Seems the original (european) common name was bellbird .... but ...
"Notwithstanding the aptness of the name, ornithologists don't appear to have been very happy with “bell-bird”. The reason is probably related to ornithological naming practices. Ornithologists feel extremely uncomfortable when “common names” don't line up with the scientific taxonomy."
http://www.cjvlang.com/Spicks/bellminer.html