Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) - HBW 14, p. 479
French: Paradisier de Meyer
German: Schmalschwanz-Paradieshopf
Spanish: Ave-del-paraíso de Meyer
Other common names: Meyer's Sicklebill, Brown/Meyer's Sickle-billed Bird-of-paradise, Grey Saber-tailed Bird-of-paradise
Taxonomy: Epimachus Meyeri Finsch and A. B. Meyer, 1885, Hufeisengebirge [Horseshoe Mountains = Mount Maguli], south-eastern New Guinea.
Intergeneric hybridization unrecorded in wild, but species crossed with Astrapia mayeri in captivity. Proposed race megarhynchus (described from Gebroeders Mts, in Weyland Range) synonymized with albicans. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albicans ( van Oort, 1915) - C Cordillera of New Guinea from Weyland Mts E to Hindenburg Mts and Victor Emanuel Mts.
- bloodi Mayr & Gilliard, 1951 - mountains of E New Guinea from at least Mt Hagen and Mt Giluwe (probably from Doma Peaks/Tari region) E to Kratke Range just W of Watut/Tauri Gap.
- meyeri Finsch & A. B. Meyer, 1885 - mountains of SE New Guinea E from Mt Missim (E of Watut/Tauri Gap) and Ekuti Range.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female moving around in a tree Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 17 August 2008 4 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A female moving around in a tree Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 17 August 2008 4 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
Male at feeding station Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 12 August 2008 4 years ago 8 sec 4.2 -
Female at feeding station, chased off by second bird Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 12 August 2008 4 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A male feeding in tree ferns Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 20 August 2008 4 years ago 33 sec 4
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A male at Kumul Lodge. One of 6 birds, including 3 males.
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
neil osborne 26 August 2010 8 weeks ago 4 -
Female, just landed on a branch over the feeder table
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Lee Hunter 7 July 2011 12 weeks ago 4 -
Female sitting on a branch.
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
mark sutton 12 August 2008 4 years ago 3.8 -
Two females at feeder of Kumul Lodge, near Mount Hagen
Locality Kumul Lodge, Mount Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 4 September 2007 1 year ago 3.5 -
Brown Sicklebill
Locality Baliem Valley, Jayawijaya Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Filip Verbelen 1 July 2008 46 weeks ago 2.8
- No sound recordings available yet
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