Species profile
Black Sicklebill
Epimachus fastosus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are montane wc to sc New Guinea and nw, nc coastal ranges.
- Scientific name
- Epimachus fastosus
- Family
- Paradisaeidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Epimachus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black Sicklebill in your journal
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Related species in Paradisaeidae
- Arfak Astrapia (Astrapia nigra)
- Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi)
- Blue Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)
- Bronze Parotia (Parotia berlepschi)
- Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri)
- Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae)
- Craspedophora magnifica (Craspedophora magnifica)
- Crinkle-collared Manucode (Manucodia chalybatus)