Brown Sicklebill - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Mark Harper
Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, August 2008

Epimachus meyeri

Identification

96cm
Male

• Iridescent brown and black upperparts
• Brown underparts
• Pale blue iris
• Plumes on sides of breast
• Sabre shaped central tail feathers
  

Female
Photo by djringer
Kumul Lodge, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, November 2006

Female

• Rufous brown upperparts
• Buff underparts, barred black

Distribution

New Guinea

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

Three subspecies are recognized:

• E. m. meyeri:

• Mountains of extreme south-eastern New Guinea

• E. m. bloodi:

• Central Highlands of New Guinea

• E. m. albicans:

• Weyland Mountains to Hindenburg and Victor Emanuel Mountains

Habitat

High-altitude rainforest. Also visits garden feeding stations.

Behaviour

The diet includes insects, fruits, and small animals.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Brown Sicklebill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown_Sicklebill

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