Listen to the Sharpbill
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About the Sharpbill
The Sharpbill is a bird in the family Tityridae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Sharpbill sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) is a small passerine bird that is placed in its own family Oxyruncidae. It was formerly placed in the family Tityridae. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America (Panama and Costa Rica).
It inhabits the canopy of wet forest and feeds on fruit and some invertebrates. It has an orange erectile crest, black-spotted yellowish underparts and scaling on the head and neck. As its name implies, it has a straight, pointed beak, which gives its common name.
More from the family Tityridae
Black-tailed tityra
Tityra cayana
Cinereous mourner
Laniocera hypopyrra
Pink-throated becard
Pachyramphus minor
Dusky purpletuft
Iodopleura fusca
White-winged becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
One-colored becard
Pachyramphus homochrous
Yellow-cheeked becard
Pachyramphus xanthogenys
Northern schiffornis
Schiffornis veraepacis
Foothill schiffornis
Schiffornis aenea
Frequently asked questions
What does a Sharpbill sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Sharpbill on this page, including its song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Sharpbill endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Sharpbill as “least concern”.
What family does the Sharpbill belong to?
The Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus) belongs to the family Tityridae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Morona-Santiago: w-slope Cord. de Cutucú, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q920534 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Sharpbill – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Rick elis.simpson – CC BY-SA 3.0