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Black Sicklebill
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Black Sicklebill

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Black Sicklebill

Epimachus fastosus

The black sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) is a large bird-of-paradise of midmountain forests of New Guinea.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Black Sicklebill in François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.101

Black Sicklebill in François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant — Histoire naturelle des promerops et des guêpiers (1807)

François Le Vaillant · 1807 · p.104

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 339687.