{
  "id": 13121423,
  "title": "These South American Birds Can Match a Jackhammer's Ear-Splitting Volume, Making Them Some of the World's Loudest Known Avians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/these-south-american-birds-can-match-a-jackhammers-ear-splitting",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-09T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-south-american-birds-can-match-a-jackhammers-ear-splitting-volume-making-them-some-of-the-worlds-loudest-known-avians-180989629/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema can produce sounds at amplitudes that exceed 120 decibels, which puts them on par with a trumpeting elephant or a chainsaw",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}