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    The pale-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii) is a species of sicklebill that belongs to the family Paradisaeidae, which contains the birds-of-paradise...
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    The black-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi), also known as the buff-tailed sicklebill (leading to easy confusion with the hummingbird of the same...
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    to bill shape. Bills may be long and decurved, as in the sicklebills and riflebirds, or small and slim like the Astrapias. As with body size, bill size...
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  • hornbill Pale-billed parrotbill Pale-billed scrubwren Pale-billed sicklebill Pale-billed woodpecker Pale-blue monarch Pale-breasted illadopsis Pale-breasted...
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    the closely related and larger black sicklebill. In areas where these two large sicklebills met, the brown sicklebill replaced the latter species in higher...
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    The black sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) is a large member of the birds of paradise family, Paradisaeidae. This species is found throughout most of central...
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    Victoria's riflebird Epimachus Black sicklebill Brown sicklebill Drepanornis Black-billed sicklebill Pale-billed sicklebill Cicinnurus Magnificent bird-of-paradise...
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    their sexual dimorphism is less extreme. Black-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis albertisi. Pale-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis bruijnii. "Paradisaeidae". aviansystematics...
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    (13 in) long. Its overall colour is a maroon-brown, with a greyish-blue bill, yellow iris and greyish-brown feet. The male has a yellow crown, dark emerald-green...
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    The astrapian sicklebill, also known as the green-breasted riflebird, is a bird in the Paradisaeidae family that is believed to be an intergeneric hybrid...
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    is black and yellow with a dark brown iris, brownish-grey legs, a black bill with a bright aqua-green gape, and two remarkably long (up to 50 cm) scalloped...
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    33 cm long, brown and yellow with a dark brown iris, grey legs, and yellow bill. The male has an emerald green face, a pair of elongated black corkscrew-shaped...
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    birds-of-paradise (Lophorina species), and actually evolved after the Drepanornis sicklebills, making them one of their other closest relatives. It has two subspecies:...
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    Victoria's riflebird Epimachus Black sicklebill Brown sicklebill Drepanornis Black-billed sicklebill Pale-billed sicklebill Cicinnurus Magnificent bird-of-paradise...
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    unbarred maroon-brown plumage. In both sexes, the iris is yellow and the bill is blue. The greater bird-of-paradise is distributed to lowland and hill...
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    and mantle are olive-brown, with iridescent green tips, and violet legs. Bills are ivory-yellow. Females have dull olive heads and upperparts with yellowish...
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    Victoria's riflebird Epimachus Black sicklebill Brown sicklebill Drepanornis Black-billed sicklebill Pale-billed sicklebill Cicinnurus Magnificent bird-of-paradise...
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    crescents surrounding the eyes (in both sexes). They have a very crow-like bill that is whiteish to light greyish in colour. The back of the head has a reddish...
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    Racket-tailed roller, Buff-bellied mannikin, Orange-crested manakin, Pale-billed sicklebill, Waigeo brushturkey, Ashambu laughingthrush, Eastern violet-backed...
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    presumed by some ornithologists to be an intergeneric hybrid between a black sicklebill and Arfak astrapia. This assumption was made by the German ornithologist...
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  • museum specimens. Some named hybrids and presumed hybrids are: Astrapian sicklebill (Astrapia nigra x Epimachus f. fastosus). Originally described as species...
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    hybridised with the black sicklebill creating offspring that were once considered a distinct species, Elliot's sicklebill "Epimachus ellioti". While...
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    (Pachycephala leucogastra), brown-headed crow (Corvus fuscicapillus), pale-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis bruijnii), and banded yellow robin (Gennaeodryas placens)...
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    Victoria's riflebird Epimachus Black sicklebill Brown sicklebill Drepanornis Black-billed sicklebill Pale-billed sicklebill Cicinnurus Magnificent bird-of-paradise...
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    and inwardly curving flank plumes; iris sulphur-yellow; bill black, mouth colour apparently pale green; legs blackish-grey. The female is smaller than the...
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    a darker reddish-brown on the face and below the chin. It has a pale grey-bluish bill, dark brown eyes, and a thin, white line that extends behind the...
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    velvet black and yellow bird-of-paradise. The male has a red iris, long black bill and rich yellow plumes along his flanks. From the rear of these plumes emerge...
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    average 86 to 112 g (3.0 to 3.9 oz). Both genders have a long, black, decurved bill, black legs, and dark brown iris. The species is sexually dimorphic, with...
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    triangle-shaped breast shield, and on central tail feathers. It has a black curved bill, yellow mouth, blackish feet and a dark brown iris. The female is brownish...
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    bird-of-paradise, Seleucidis melanoleuca Black-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis albertisi Pale-billed sicklebill, Drepanornis bruijnii Greater lophorina, Lophorina...
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