#sicklebill

[dougdimmadodo]

White-Tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)

Family: Hummingbird Family (Trochilidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

The distinctive elongated, downwards-curving and perhaps just slightly goofy-looking beak of this small, dull-coloured hummingbird is an adaptation that allows it to feed on the nectar of plants with curved, tube-like flowers, particularly “lobster claws” in the genus Heliconia, which in turn rely heavily on sicklebills for pollination. Found mainly in evergreen forests across southern Central America and northern South America, White-Tipped Sicklebills, like other hummingbirds but unlike the vast majority of other bird species, utilize an insect-like manner of flapping that allows them to hover and move in any direction while in flight in order to carefully position themselves in a suitable place to extend their beaks and long, flexible tongues into flowers in order to feed, with a diet of sugar-rich, easily digestible nectar being necessary to meet the immense nutritional requirements associated with the extremely rapid flapping that makes their style of flight possible. Unusually for a bird White-Tipped Sicklebills are believed to breed multiple times each year, with males gathering together during the breeding seasons, producing harsh, high-pitch calls to attract females to their location and battling for the attention of mates in mid-air in a form of synchronised competitive courtship known as lekking. After mating, female White-Tipped Sicklebills build nests out of mammal fur, plant roots and spider webs (often hanging from or near Heliconia leaves, allowing for easy access to flowers) into which they lay 1-2 tiny eggs.

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#White-Tipped Sicklebill #white-tipped sicklebill #sicklebill #sicklebills #hummingbird #hummingbirds #zoology #biology #ornithology #wildlife #animal #animals #south american wildlife #central american wildlife #bird #birds

[birdblues]

White-tipped Sicklebill

#white tipped sicklebill #Eutoxeres aquila #bird #upl #sicklebill

[alonglistofbirds]

[1908/10977] Buff-tailed sicklebill - Eutoxeres condamini

Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Subfamily: Phaethornithinae (hermits)

Photo credit: Donald Sutherland via Macaulay Library

#birds #Buff-tailed sicklebill #Apodiformes #Trochilidae #Phaethornithinae #Eutoxeres #birds a to z #undescribed

[proton-wobbler]

Battle Royale

Family Reunion (C-3)

Some families are more popular than others, you know? It's a miracle there wasn't a submission for ever single corvid that's ever existed. Instead, we have these guys.

#Hipster Bird Battle Royale #BR-C #Trochilidae #white crested coquette #buff tailed sicklebill #black throated mango #wire crested thorntail #buffy helmetcrest #frilled coquette #hispaniolan emerald

[toad-in-a-trenchcoat]

So earlier this week I ended up watching “Dancing With the Birds” on Netflix, and I was like- hey, why not draw ghosts based on Male Birds of Paradise?

First up is the Black Sicklebill, a long, dark, and handsome dude with a built-in hood

Pics of actual birds

#Pmatga #ghosts #birds of paradise #birds #black sicklebill #Dancing with the birds #Toad’s ghosts #Ghosts of paradise

[podartists]

Eutoxeres Condaminei, Condamine’s Sickle-Bill. [Pl. 4] | A monograph of the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds v.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr

#hummingbird art #birds #trochilidae #eutoxeres condamini #buff tailed sicklebill #picohoz colicanela #illustration #vintage illustration #john gould

[spookykestrel]

Top 5 birds 👁👁👁

*correctly edited version <3*

NO THISBIS SO MEAN how do I decide

Hmm ok ok in no particular order

Peregrine falcons - I’ve loved them ever since I was little

Bearded Vultures (and really all vultures I love vultures) - because they’re dope, I don’t need more of an explanation

Victoria Crowned Pigeons - because they’re pigeons!! But don’t look anything like you’re stereotypical pigeon!! And are so pretty!!

Black-billed magpie - they’re not found wherre I live so I’m absolutely fascinated whenever I see one

Blue jays - I just really love blue jays and get excited whenever I see one

And ofc all variations of kestrel and birds of prey in general because they are just super super cool

#Ty for the ask #you truly slay #a few honorable mentions include harris’s hawks #Egyptian vultures / black sicklebills / harpy eagles #and ofc cardinals so special #kestrel calls #mutuals <3 #ask game #asks

[octahedral-chaos]

Guess what day it is!

It's Friday the 13th

This angel (?) Is based off of a ribbon tailed astrapia, black sicklebill and feather star.

#OCTAfan says stuff #my art #My ocs: UNKNOWN #Eldritch angel #Black sicklebill #Ribbon tailed astrapia #Feather star #tw scopophobia #Tw eyestrain #Tw bright colours #Tw body horror #Also pretend that the text is an gradient #I'm sad that tumble mobile can't use HTML code for some reason

[rondaincorporated]

Hummingbird Species, Part 23

Today’s spotlight is on the buff-tailed sicklebill, Eutoxeres condamini. The Buff-tailed Sicklebill hummingbird, also known as the Sword-billed Hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird native to the Andes Mountains of South America. It is known for its long, sickle-shaped bill, which is an impressive 4 inches in length, and its striking iridescent green plumage. The Buff-tailed Sicklebill is a…

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#buff tailed sicklebill #buff-tailed sicklebill #Eutoxeres condamini #Hummingbirds #sickle billed hummingbird #sicklebill hummingbird

[akysi]

I've had a few ref sheets in the works lately, and I got another one done today. :D Even after I decided to add her to Columba's pirate crew, I'd been stumped for a LONG while on what direction to actually take with the design in general and FINALLY I have one that I really like, especially after giving her a more harpy-ish treatment to add more variety to the many bird constellations. Pretty proud of the symbol integration on this one too, some are easier than others! She's the first I've fully completed of this group so things are bound to get tweaked later on, but this is a good start.

The name Apus means "without feet", as apparently these birds were once thought to not have any, and I thought that would fit perfectly into a double peg-leg to match the pirate theme. A bird-of-paradise could be any number of species under that name though, so I've incorporated attributes from several here, particularly the sicklebills and the various species that have those distinct tail feathers, of both the long and curly varieties. Colour wise, she predominantly resembles the ribbon-tailed astrapia.

Columba's crew isn't exactly evil per se, but they have lost their way a bit after losing their former captain and their ship. Apus loves combat, not for the sake of the outcome, but for the act of combat itself. If you were to lose your weapon during a fight with her, she'd gladly give you one of hers just to continue it! She'll also use her long talons to fight with, but only if she has no other weapons left. Hope you like her. :) ------- The constellation symbol for Apus was originally designed by Denis Moskowitz and released to the public domain.

#art #artists on tumblr #Akysi #Art by Akysi #Katie MacKenzie #Katie MacKenzie Art #oc #original character #character #design #character design #Apus #constellation #bird of paradise #bird #pirate #sword #sickle #Starglass Zodiac #SGZ

[sweet-star-sketches]

Rough WIP from March 17th, 2024

whoops guess you're getting a rough design for Apus tonight too lol

The name Apus means "without feet", as apparently these birds were once thought to not have any, and I thought that would fit perfectly into a double peg-leg to match the pirate theme she's got. A bird-of-paradise could be any number of species under that name though, so I've incorporated attributes from several here, particularly the sicklebills and the various species that have those distinct tail feathers, of both the long and curly varieties. I may give her an actual sickle as a secondary weapon too, we'll see!

Even after I decided to add her to Columba's crew, I'd been stumped for a LONG while on what direction to take with the design in general and FINALLY I have one that I really like, especially after giving her the more harpy-ish treatment like Grus's current sketch. Pretty proud of the symbol integration on this one so far too, some are easier than others!

Symbol Design for Apus by Denis Moskowitz

#oh we're back #we're so back #art #artists on tumblr #sketch #wip #oc #Apus #bird of paradise #bird #harpy #pirate #Starglass Zodiac

[lifesteal-headcanons]

the birder is back at it again, completing the list :

Mid: Lyncornis macrotis (great eared nightjar) / alt: Sagittarius serpentarius (secretary bird) Minute: Penelopides panini (visayan hornbill) Pangi: Lybius bidentatus (double-toothed barbet) / alt: Dinopium benghalense (lesser golden-back woodpecker) Rek: Leptotrygon veraguensis (olive-backed quail-dove) / alt: Gallicolumba keayi (negros bleeding-heart pigeon) Terrain: Nothoprocta cinerascens (brushland tinamou)

plus, some additional alternative birds i skipped originally!

Ash: Centrocercus urophasianus (sagehen / greater sage-grouse) Parrot: Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii (blue-fronted fig parrot) / alt-alt: Orthopsittaca manilatus (red-bellied macaw) Branzy: Epimachus fastosus (black sicklebill) Spep: Piranga rubra (summer tanager) / alt-alt: Cardinalis phoeniceus (vermilion cardinal)

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#ask #headcanon #lifesteal smp #nix’s faves

[irl-morros-account]

black sicklebill!!! this is the secong longest bird of paradise :) they also typically are polygamous(have more than one mate)

Whoaa it's freaky looking. But in a cool way, it's feathers are almost iridescent. I could look at that for hours if it wasn't for the uncannily unsettling eyes.

#glyph is back guys! :D #polygamous. nice. bird polycule #morro irl account #irl morro #ninjago #answering asks #piereoglyphics

[alonglistofbirds]

[1746/10977] Brown sicklebill - Epimachus meyeri

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Corvoidea Family: Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise)

Photo credit: Dubi Shapiro via Macaulay Library

#birds #Brown sicklebill #Passeriformes #Passeri #Corvoidea #Paradisaeidae #Epimachus #birds a to z #undescribed

[manwalksintobar]

Self-Portrait as Hummingbird  // Basia Wilson

Mornings ought to start violet with time              enough to stretch my sabrewings,                             sun by sun. When the mornings feel                              flowerless, I try my best. Find sugar

                                          to sate me, minute hermit I am.                             Beauty lately the beam              on which I perch and lean, I sungem my neck: lazuline, berylline, little methods

I employ, minor employees of minute joys.              I velvet my breast—yuzu or juniper,                         depending on the day. I velvet my brows, unknot this blossom                                           crown and bound down-

                                                        stairs for some nectar quick.                                           A cinnamon rim rounding my bowl,                             earl grey starring my throat, I sip               the silt collecting in the mug,    collect my feathers and keys and whiz

into the world, the world              perpetually open for business grim                              and gobsmacking, the world                                              with all its hazardous stars barbing                                                           our throats, which ruby in reply,                                                               by which I mean there is so much blood.

There is so much blood.

                              My gorget like yours is nicked                and split by this. And you, too,  weary mountaineer, must tire

from talk of the summit and long              for a glad plummet, plum-sweet. Look                            how your glitterbeard frays. Tell me:

                                           how will we foot this sicklebill?                              On what should we spend               these heartbeats? Must we scythe through our days? I will tell you

at the end of mine, my ears are black             with listening, pressed as they were all                           day to the dark door, seeking missives to ferry here.

(originally appeared in A Gathering of the Tribes)

#poetry #Basia Wilson #American poetry #nature poetry #hummingbird #bird #self-portrait #beauty #sunlight

[bones-tho]

Call me a white-tipped sicklebill the way I um well