Bell Birds of Australia: The Bell Miner

Yes, Australia hosts native "bell birds," most notably the Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys).

Key Facts:

• Family: Meliphagidae (honeyeaters)
• Range: Eastern/southeastern Australia (coastal & ranges)
• Call: Distinctive, penetrating tink-tink-tink like a bell; chorus creates "bellbird" soundscape.
• Behavior: Colonial, territorial; farms lerps (sugary insect secretions) on eucalypts.
• Impact: Associated with eucalypt dieback ("Bell Miner Associated Dieback") due to lerp farming suppressing insect predators.

Other Australian birds with bell-like calls: Crested Bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis, inland), Bellbird (Anthochaera spp.). But "bell bird" usually means Bell Miner.