Black Sicklebill
Epimachus fastosus(Hermann, J, 1783)
English (US) Black Sicklebill
The Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: montane west-central to southeastern New Guinea and northern coastal rangesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Epimachus fastosus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Sicklebill
- Described by
- (Hermann, J, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Promerops fastuosus
- Described by
- (Hermann, J, 1783)
- Type locality
- New Guinea, restricted to the Arfak Mountains by Hartert (1930, Novit. Zool., 36, p. 33).
- Original description
- Tabula affinitatum animalium (etc.) p.194
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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