| Brown sicklebill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Paradisaeidae |
| Genus: | Epimachus |
| Species: | E. meyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Epimachus meyeri | |
The brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) is a species of bird-of-paradise that is found in the mountain forests of New Guinea.
Its appearance resembles the closely related and larger black sicklebill. In areas where these two large sicklebills met, the brown sicklebill replaced the latter species in higher altitudes. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, arthropods and small animals. The male has a staccato, burst-like call which resembles a burst of automatic gunfire.[2]
The brown sicklebill is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Epimachus meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706154A94053394. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706154A94053394.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Frith, C.B.; Frith, D.W. (2009). "Family Paradisaeidae (Birds-of-paradise)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 404–493 [479–480]. ISBN 978-84-96553-50-7.