Sharpbill

Japanese: エイシチョウ - えいしちょう(英語表記)sharpbill
Sharpbill

A bird of the Aves class, order Passeriformes, family Ecranidae. There is one family, one genus, and one species. Some scholars consider it to be a species of the Tyrannidae family. It is also sometimes called the spiky-legged hawk. It is about 17 cm long, has olive-colored plumage overall, and has conspicuous crimson feathers on its head. Its beak is straight and sharply pointed like the tip of an awl. It lives in the tropical forests from Costa Rica to Paraguay. Its ecology is not well understood, but it does not live in flocks, and is thought to feed mainly on nuts.

[Higuchi Hiroyoshi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鳥綱スズメ目エイシチョウ科の鳥。1科1属1種。タイランチョウ科の1種とする学者もいる。トガリハシという名でよばれることもある。全長約17センチメートル、全体にオリーブ色の羽色をしており、頭に朱色のよく目だつ羽毛がある。嘴(くちばし)はまっすぐで、先端が錐(きり)の先のように鋭くとがっている。コスタリカからパラグアイにかけての熱帯森林にすむ。生態はよくわかっていないが、群れにはならず、木の実を主食にしていると考えられる。

[樋口広芳]

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