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Brown sicklebill

Epimachus meyeri Finsch & A. B. Meyer, 1886

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) is a species in the family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 173 g to 281.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri)
Photo: William Hart in Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or birds of paradise and… · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the brown sicklebill

Weight
173 g – 281.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the brown sicklebill live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The brown sicklebill is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the brown sicklebill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

The brown sicklebill is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown sicklebill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown_sicklebill&oldid=1380441808), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown sicklebill endangered?

The brown sicklebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the brown sicklebill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyParadisaeidae
  6. genusEpimachus
  7. SpeciesEpimachus meyeri Finsch & A. B. Meyer, 1886

Synonyms Epimachus meyeri albicans, Epimachus meyeri bloodi, Epimachus meyeri meyeri

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • منجلي المنقار البنيArabic
  • Кафява сърпоклюна райска птицаBulgarian
  • ocell del paradís de MeyerCatalan
  • rajka modrookáCzech
  • crymanbig paradwys brownWelsh
  • Brun SeglnæbDanish
  • Braunbauch-ParadieshopfGerman
  • Schmalschwanz-ParadieshopfGerman
  • SchmalschwanzparadieshopfGerman
  • brunventra paradizeoEsperanto
  • Ave del paraíso de MeyerSpanish
  • Ave-del-paraíso de MeyerSpanish
  • mõõksaba-paradiisilindEstonian
  • ruskosirppinokkaFinnish
  • Paradisier de MeyerFrench
  • sabljokljuna rajska pticaCroatian
  • keskenyfarkú paradicsombankaHungarian
  • Paruh-sabit coklatIndonesian
  • Falcibecco brunoItalian
  • チャイロカマハシフウチョウJapanese
  • rudapilvis ylasnapisLithuanian
  • Bruine SikkelsnavelDutch
  • Meyers SikkelsnavelDutch
  • brunsigdnebbNorwegian
  • długoogon mniejszyPolish
  • bico-de-foice-castanhoPortuguese
  • ave-do-paraíso-de-meyerPortuguese
  • Коричневый райский шилоклювRussian
  • Бурая шилоклювая райская птицаRussian
  • rajka hnedáSlovak
  • Smeđa srporepa rajska pticaSerbian
  • brun bågnäbbsparadisfågelSwedish
  • Kahverengi DuvuduvTurkish
  • дивоптах-шилодзьоб бурийUkrainian
  • 褐镰嘴风鸟Chinese
  • 褐色鐮嘴天堂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the brown sicklebill

Other species in the same genus Epimachus.

CompareBrown sicklebill vs Black sicklebillBrown sicklebill vs Epimachus astrapioides

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the brown sicklebill?

An adult brown sicklebill weighs 173 g – 281.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the brown sicklebill live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown sicklebill for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the brown sicklebill endangered?

The brown sicklebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the brown sicklebill?

The brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) belongs to the family Paradisaeidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_sicklebill_2026,
  title = {Brown sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-sicklebill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}