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Black-billed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis nigrirostris

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 32 g
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 1
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 2
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 3
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 4
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 5
Photo: Josh Noseworthy · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 6
Photo: RJ Baltierra · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 7
Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 8
Photo: Zieger M · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 9
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris), photo 10
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0

What the Black-billed Peppershrike sounds like

Sonogram of the Black-billed Peppershrike: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Sucumbíos: Quebrada Las Ollas, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black-billed Peppershrike: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black-billed Peppershrike: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

Olive coloured overall with grey throat, belly, cheek and forecrown and a rufous stripe above the eye and lore. Differs from the more common Rufous-browed peppershrike by its black-tipped bill, thinner rufous superciliary stripe, and olive neck and cap.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Black-billed Peppershrike

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-billed Peppershrike

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador

About the Black-billed Peppershrike

The black-billed peppershrike is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae. It is found in the Andes of Colombia and northern Ecuador. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis) Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensisThe adult rufous-browed peppershrike is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 28 g (0.99 oz).

Side by side: Black-billed Peppershrike vs Rufous-browed Peppershrike

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