Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi)

Other Names (World)
Black-billed Sicklebill, Red Sicklebill, Short-tailed Sicklebill, Black-billed Bird-of-paradise, D'Albertis's Bird-of-paradise

Family
Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)

Size
Male: 35 cm
Female: 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1873)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi) [XC409686]
by Daniel Lopez Velasco from Syoubri, Arfak Mountains, Indonesia (song)

Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi) [XC501743]
by Ross Gallardy from Arfak Mountains, near Mokwan Village, West Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Pale-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii). Birds from Huon Peninsula sometimes recognized as subspecies geisleri. Further study is required.

Proposed subspecies inversus (described from Mt. Kunupi, in Weyland Mts) synonymized with cervinicauda.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

albertisi (Sclater, 1873) - Non-Cordilleran ranges of New Guinea, including mountains of Vogelkop, Wandammen Peninsula and Huon Peninsula, and presumably also Fakfak Mts, Kumawa Mts and Foja Mts.
cervinicauda Sclater, PL, 1884 - Central Cordillera of New Guinea from Weyland Mts east, very patchily, to Lordberg and Tari area and mountains of south-eastern New Guinea.
geisleri Meyer, AB, 1893 - North-eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi) - 10 files

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