Black-billed Sicklebill
A species of Short-tailed sicklebills Scientific name : Drepanornis albertisi Genus : Short-tailed sicklebills
Black-billed Sicklebill, A species of Short-tailed sicklebills
Botanical name: Drepanornis albertisi
Genus: Short-tailed sicklebills
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Description General Info
Photo By Nigel Voaden 
Description
The black-billed sicklebill is medium-sized, about 35 cm long, brown. The male has a bare maroon-grey skin around its eye, buff-colored tail, dark-brown iris, yellow mouth and black sickle-like bill. It is adorned with dark, horn-like forecrown feathers, an erectile fan-like bronze neck plumes and elongated purple-tipped flank plumes. The unadorned brown female is smaller, with bill longer than male and dark-barred below. 
Size
33 - 35 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Black-billed Sicklebill's diet consists of arthropods and fruit capsules. Black-billed Sicklebill forages in the forest's mid to upper levels, using its bill as forceps or for probing to extract food. It occasionally joins mixed-species flocks for foraging.
Habitat
The black-billed Sicklebill typically inhabits middle montane forests that have experienced little to no logging, often residing at the edges of these forests. These areas are characterized by dense, mature forest canopies and a complex understory, providing the necessary environmental conditions for the species' survival and breeding.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Distribution Area
The black-billed sicklebill is found in mountainous areas in western, central, and eastern New Guinea. The species is mostly distributed in tropical montane forests at altitudes of 1100 to 1900 m above sea level. It overlaps with Drepanornis brujini only barely, but no hybridization has ever been recorded, though it is possible to occur.
Species Status
Widespread throughout its large range, the black-billed sicklebill is evaluated as being of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
Photo By Nigel Voaden 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Birds-of-paradise Genus
Short-tailed sicklebills Species
Black-billed Sicklebill 
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