Drepanornis

Drepanornis is a genus of bird-of-paradise found in forests of New Guinea.[1][2] They have long decurved sickle-like bills and an overall brown plumage.[3]

Drepanornis
Black-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Drepanornis
P.L. Sclater, 1873

The genus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Epimachus, but the two members of Drepanornis have a far shorter tail and their sexual dimorphism is less extreme.[4]

Species
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References
  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. Brett Hartl (2016-10-08), West Papua Birds of Paradise, retrieved 2019-06-03
  3. "Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi) :: xeno-canto". www.xeno-canto.org. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  4. "Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi)". www.hbw.com. Retrieved 2019-06-03.


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