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Brown Sicklebill

Epimachus meyeri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestCup nestMedium · 220 g
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 1
Photo: William Hart in Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and Ptilonorhynchidae, or bower-birds by Richard Bowdler Sharpe · Public domain
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 2
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 3
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 4
Photo: unknown · Public domain
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 5
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 6
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 7
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), photo 8
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The brown sicklebill is large, up to 96 cm long, dark blue and green with highly iridescent plumages, a sickle-shaped bill, pale blue iris and brown underparts. The male is adorned with ornamental plumes on the sides of its rear and a huge sabre-shaped central tail feathers that are highly prized by natives. The female is a reddish-brown bird with buff barred black below.

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When to see the Brown Sicklebill

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown Sicklebill

Regular range

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

Papua New Guinea Indonesia

About the Brown Sicklebill

The brown sicklebill is a species of bird-of-paradise that is found in the mountain forests of New Guinea.

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Easily confused with

Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) Black SicklebillEpimachus fastosusAs the second-longest bird of paradise species (behind the ribbon-tailed astrapia), the black sicklebill measures about 110 cm (43 in) in length if the tail is included, and around 24 in (61 cm) without the tail.

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