Birds of the World

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Genus: Eutoxeres (2 species)


White-tipped Sicklebill
White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila salvini)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Peru
La Union de Guapiles, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.
Feeds on heliconia. Often described as common, but is secretive and rarely seen.

Buff-tailed Sicklebill
Buff-tailed Sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini condamini)
Range: SA: se Colombia to nw Bolivia
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
An rare species that uses curved bill to feed at heliconias. Note blue patch above wings and buff sides to tail feathers.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba