Brazilian name: arapaçu-de-bico-torto |São Paulo state, Brazil
The Black-billed Scythebill is distributed in south-east Brazil
and into adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina. It is found
in Atlantic Rain Forest and secondary woodland, often associated
with stands of bamboo. It has a very long, decurved black bill
the colour of which distinguishes it from the other two
scythebills found in Brazil; Red-billed Scythebill
Campylorhamphus trochilirostris and Curve-billed Scythebill C.
procurvoides. Otherwise it is olive-brown above with a black
head and nape with white streaks. The wings and tail are
chestnut-rufous and the throat is whitish. |It forages on
trunks, as seen in these photos, and on bamboo and bromeliads
where its bill must help it catch its insect There are
recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.