Black sicklebill  (Epimachus fastuosus)

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Glossary

Arthropods: A very diverse phylum (a major grouping of animals) that includes crustaceans, insects and arachnids. All arthropods have paired jointed limbs and a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton).
Montane forest: Forests occurring in the montane zone, a zone of cool upland slopes below the tree line dominated by large evergreen trees.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (May, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (March, 2004)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=5816&m=0
  3. CITES (March, 2004)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Erritzoe, J. (1993) The Birds of CITES and how to identify them. The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge.
  5. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.