Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus), photo 4 — Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0

Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus), photo 5 — Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0

What the Sharpbill sounds like

Sonogram of the Sharpbill: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Uuntsuants, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Sharpbill

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

Where to see the Sharpbill

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Costa Rica Panama Paraguay Bolivia Venezuela Peru Suriname Colombia Argentina French Guiana Ecuador Guyana

About the Sharpbill

The sharpbill is a small passerine bird that is placed in its own family Oxyruncidae. It was formerly placed in the family Tityridae. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America.

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

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