White-tipped Sicklebill

Eutoxeres aquila (Bourcier, 1847)

Spanish: Picohoz Coliverde

The White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Phaethornithinae (hermits). It weighs about 10.6 g and its bill is 27.5 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Peru. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

10.6 g, about 11 paperclips

Bill

27.5 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Phaethornithinae hermits
3. Genus Eutoxeres sicklebills

What Eutoxeres share: The bill curves sharply downward, matching the curved flowers of plants such as Heliconia.

Where it lives · 5 countries

• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Colombia
• Panama
• Peru

Others in the genus Eutoxeres

• Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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