Black Sicklebill

With up to 110 cm in length, the male Black Sicklebill is the longest member of Paradisaeidae, though the Curl-crested Manucode has a larger body. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. The male is polygamous and performs a horizontal courtship display with the pectoral plumes raised around its head.

The Black Sicklebill is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

With up to 110 cm in length, the male Black Sicklebill is the longest member of Paradisaeidae, though the Curl-crested Manucode has a larger body. The diet consists mainly of fruits and arthropods. The male is polygamous and performs a horizontal courtship display with the pectoral plumes raised around its head. In the wild, the bird has hybridised with the Arfak Astrapia creating offspring that were once considered a distinct species, the Elliot’s Sicklebill, Epimachus ellioti. More

The Black Sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus, is a large bird of paradise of midmountain forests of New Guinea. The male has black plumage with an iridescent green, blue and purple scale-like feathers, red iris, bright yellow mouth, long curved black bill, huge sabre-shaped tail and large erectile fan-like plumes on sides of breast. The female is smaller than the male. It has a reddish brown plumage with brown iris and buff below. More

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The black sicklebill is a large bird of paradise, with, as the name suggests, a long, strongly curved bill (2). The tail is extremely long; this species is the largest-plumed of all birds of paradise, a family well-known for its colourful and highly ornate species (2) (4). More

The Black Sicklebill, Epimachus fastuosus, is a large bird of paradise of midmountain forests of New Guinea. Description: With up to 110 cm in length, the male Black Sicklebill is the longest member of Paradisaeidae, though the Curl-crested Manucode has a larger body. More

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Order : Passeriformes
Family : Paradisaeidae
Genus : Epimachus
Species : fastuosus
Authority : (Hermann, 1783)