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Definition of sicklebill in English: sicklebillnounˈsɪk(ə)lbɪl Any of a number of birds with a long, narrow downcurved bill. a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae). a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species). Example sentencesExamples - Champions among these are the two species of sicklebills, whose bills are the only ones that properly slip into flowers of the Andean lobelioids that are bent at a ninety-degree angle.
- Sicklebills have evolved a long, curved beak used to probe for insects in thick moss and tree bark.
- Some species, such as the blue bird of paradise and the black sicklebill, are hunted for their beautiful, bright plumage and/or skins; others are hunted for food.
- The sicklebills are predominantly insectivorous and possess long down-curved bills which they use for digging insects out of rotten wood, or from behind bark.
- For bird-watching, the park is home to exotic species that can be difficult to view elsewhere, such as violet hummingbirds, white-tipped sicklebills, and orange-bellied trogons.
- Carved from Lapis Lazuli a duck Egyptians saw a mysterious connection between the sicklebills of the ibises and the crescent moon.
- Then experience the completely different habitats of El Valle, searching for orange - bellied trogons, black - crowned antpittas, white-tipped sicklebills & the like.
- I have just returned from 10 days in Panama where my favorite birds were White-tipped sicklebill, Rufous-crested coquette, and Brown-billed scythebill.
- The rat-a-tat-tat of the brown sicklebill could be likened to machine-gun fire.
Definition of sicklebill in US English: sicklebillnounˈsikəlˌbil Any of a number of birds with a long, narrow down-curved bill. a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae) a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species) Example sentencesExamples - Then experience the completely different habitats of El Valle, searching for orange - bellied trogons, black - crowned antpittas, white-tipped sicklebills & the like.
- Some species, such as the blue bird of paradise and the black sicklebill, are hunted for their beautiful, bright plumage and/or skins; others are hunted for food.
- Carved from Lapis Lazuli a duck Egyptians saw a mysterious connection between the sicklebills of the ibises and the crescent moon.
- For bird-watching, the park is home to exotic species that can be difficult to view elsewhere, such as violet hummingbirds, white-tipped sicklebills, and orange-bellied trogons.
- Sicklebills have evolved a long, curved beak used to probe for insects in thick moss and tree bark.
- I have just returned from 10 days in Panama where my favorite birds were White-tipped sicklebill, Rufous-crested coquette, and Brown-billed scythebill.
- Champions among these are the two species of sicklebills, whose bills are the only ones that properly slip into flowers of the Andean lobelioids that are bent at a ninety-degree angle.
- The sicklebills are predominantly insectivorous and possess long down-curved bills which they use for digging insects out of rotten wood, or from behind bark.
- The rat-a-tat-tat of the brown sicklebill could be likened to machine-gun fire.
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