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RED-BILLED SCYTHEBILL Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
The enormously-long, curved bill of this species may look a bit over the top, but its a highly-evolved tool for picking juicy morsels from out of the cracks in tree bark. This species prefers dry forests and is most numerous in the Chaco. It is replaced in humid forest by the much rarer Black-billed Scythebill.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2466PH) Adult dorsal view, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Marcelo Bombaci October 2007)
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE4152PH) Adult, Buffalo Bill Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith February 2015)
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2467PH) Adult lateral view, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Jerry Cooper October 2007)
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2468PH) Adult, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
VIDEO - (FPAVE2469VI) Pair displaying, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007).
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Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
1 (FPAVE2470RE) call  recorded Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith October 2007). Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.