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    • Richard
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      Chirps: 5
      Is the caruncle above a white bellbird's bill a wattle or snood?  Is it used to dissipate heat or for courtship or...?  Does the term snood only apply to turkeys?
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    • Esteban
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      Chirps: 170
      It is a wattle, the purpose for it is unclear, and only turkeys have snoods.