Sharpbill (Oxyruncus cristatus)
About the Sharpbill
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.
A real field recording of the Sharpbill. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
2 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×2 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 87 recordings for this species in total.
Other birds in this region
- American Barn OwlTyto furcatarecording
- American KestrelFalco sparveriusrecording
- BananaquitCoereba flaveolarecording
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatusrecording
- Barred Forest FalconMicrastur ruficollisrecording
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrolarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.