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The sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tityridae. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and ...
A unique species with a patchy distribution from Costa Rica to Brazil. True to its name, the bill is sharply pointed. Both sexes are olive-green above and ...
Oct 22, 2024 · The enigmatic Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) has been a taxonomic mystery for years, and is morphologically distinct from other suboscines.

Sharpbill

The sharpbill is a small passerine bird in the family Tityridae. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America. It inhabits the canopy of wet forest and feeds on fruit and some invertebrates. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Oxyruncus cristatus
Family: Tityridae
The Sharpbill is a highly distinctive bird with no close relatives, and for that reason it is placed in its own family, Oxyruncidae.
The sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) is a small passerine bird in the family Tityridae. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and ...
The Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) has a unique sharp-pointy bill. Greenish-olive upperparts with yellowish wingbars; inner secondary feathers fringed ...
Oct 26, 2024 · Sharpbill, (Oxyruncus cristatus), bird of rain forests in scattered localities from Costa Rica southward to Paraguay.
Geographic range: Oxyruncus cristatus cristatus: Disjunct ranges in se Brazil, s Paraguay, e Bolivia and e Peru; Oxyruncus cristatus hypoglaucus: Mountains ...
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This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion.