'The Smoking Bird': Bare-Throated Bellbird Caught Smoking On Camera, People Are Shocked

Birds are known for having beautiful feathers, striking colours, and the fact that they can fly! But there is a bird that is known for smoking. We are not kidding.

A rare species of bird was captured smoking in a video and is now going viral. Watch the video here.

Rare smoking bird captured in video

Popularly called the smoking bird - such a beauty! Wonder what it's actually called! #birds #amazing pic.twitter.com/QUrI9CQqZI

¡ª Ananth Rupanagudi (@Ananth_IRAS) October 12, 2022

An unexpected video of a rare "smoking bird" is going viral on social media. Posted on Twitter by the Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM) of Chennai, Ananth Rupanagudi, the video shows a beautiful white bird, with a green-blue head and neck, opening its mouth to whistle several times before exhaling smoke, making the bird look like she is smoking.

"Popularly called the smoking bird-such a beauty! Wonder what it's actually called!" the video captioned. The video starts with the photographer who is capturing the rare bird, and as the video pans in the video, the bird can be seen opening her mouth several times. The video doesn't end here. Finally, towards the end, the bird emits smoke. Isn't nature amazing?

People are stunned at the video

The video is going viral for obvious reasons, and has garnered more than 280k views and more than 10k likes. People are naturally stunned at the sight of a smoking bird. A user wrote, " What a beauty Imagine having these exotic birds in the urban cities waking up to their sound every morning."

What a beauty Imagine having these exotic birds in the urban cities waking up to their sound every morning ?

¡ª KAJAL KAUR KHATRI (@KhatriKaur) October 13, 2022

Another added, " It's literally blowing some smoke out in between the whistles."

It's literally blowing some smoke out in between the whistles.

¡ª Lakshmi (@Lakshmi53833920) October 13, 2022

"Thank you very much to take me there in that unique moment," wrote another.

Thank you very much to take me there in that unique moment.

¡ª tpm (@AC33NOS) October 13, 2022

What species of bird is this?

The bird is popularly called the "smoking bird" and is identified as the Bare-throated Bellbird. As per the characteristics, males of this species are striking snow-white cotinga with a greeny-blue bare face and throat. Females are olive-green above with a streaked belly and a gray-brown head.

The bird is found in moist subtropical and tropical forests in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. They mostly feed on fruit and play a part in dispersing the seeds of forest trees.

But you must be wondering, why the smoking? The reason for the smoking is not exactly stated anywhere, but it may be interesting to know that the whistle of these birds is metallic and explosive. They deliver it from high perches in the canopy of moist forests. And smoke is nothing but vapors.

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