Pale-billed Sicklebill

Drepanornis bruijnii Oustalet, 1879

Pale-billed Sicklebill, Drepanornis bruijnii, is a bird-of-paradise in the family Paradisaeidae that breeds in north-central New Guinea. It was described by Oustalet in 1879. The bird is a medium-sized sicklebill with a pale, downcurved bill. The male has bare facial skin around the eye, two iridescent tufts above the head, and rows of ornamental pectoral feathers on the breast and sides. The female lacks the iridescent feathers and is less heavily marked below, though both sexes share the same tail, legs, feet and dark brown irises.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Paradisaeidae — Birds-of-paradise

Breeding range

Australasia: nc New Guinea