A large, long-billed bird of mid-montane forest. Brown upperparts and grayish, facial skin behind the eye. Note the curved, black bill. Male has a black throat and a small, hornlike tuft in front of each eye with blue-green iridescence. Female has pale underparts with dark scaling. Uses its distinctive bill to probe for insects but also takes fruit. Female similar to female Black and Brown Sicklebills, but usually occurs at lower elevations, has a shorter tail and lacks the black throat. Song, a series of identical high notes, slurred into a loose trill which increases in volume.