Drepanornis | |
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Black-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis albertisi) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Paradisaeidae |
Genus: | Drepanornis P.L. Sclater, 1873 |
Type species | |
Drepanephorus albertisi [1] P.L. Sclater, 1873 |
Drepanornis is a genus of bird-of-paradise found in forests of New Guinea. [2] [3] They have long decurved sickle-like bills and an overall brown plumage. [4]
The genus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Epimachus , but the two members of Drepanornis have a far shorter tail and their sexual dimorphism is less extreme. [5]
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