Black-billed sicklebill

Black-billed sicklebill
Illustration of male (above) and female (below)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Paradisaeidae
Genus: Drepanornis
Species:
D. albertisi
Binomial name
Drepanornis albertisi
(Sclater, PL, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Epimachus albertisi

The black-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi), also known as the buff-tailed sicklebill (leading to easy confusion with the hummingbird of the same name), is a species of bird-of-paradise. It, along with its congener, are the only members of the genus Drepanornis.

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