Editing Sharpbill (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Sharpbill
| image = Sharpbill.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Oxyruncus cristatus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22700982A93807719 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22700982A93807719.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| grandparent_authority = [[Robert Ridgway|Ridgway]], 1906
| genus = Oxyruncus
| parent_authority = [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1820
| species = cristatus
| authority = [[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1821
| range_map = Oxyruncus cristatus map.svg
}}

The '''sharpbill''' ('''''Oxyruncus cristatus''''') is a small [[passerine]] bird that is placed in its own family '''Oxyruncidae'''. It was formerly placed in the family [[Tityridae]]. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical [[South America]] and southern [[Central America]] ([[Panama]] and [[Costa Rica]]). 

It inhabits the canopy of wet forest and feeds on [[fruit]] and some [[invertebrate]]s. It has an orange erectile crest, black-spotted yellowish underparts and scaling on the head and neck. As its name implies, it has a straight, pointed beak, which gives its common name.

Sharpbills are most commonly found in tall dense forests but occasionally venture to the forest edge. Their diet consists of primarily of fruit, but they will also take insects, hanging upside down in from twigs to obtain insect [[larva]]e. They will also travel in [[mixed-species feeding flock]]s with [[ovenbird (family)|ovenbirds]], [[tanager]]s, [[woodpecker]]s and [[cotinga]]s. The breeding system employed by this species is [[Animal sexual behaviour#Polygamy|polygamous]] with closely grouped males displaying in from a [[Lek mating|lek]].<ref name="Stiles">{{cite journal|last1=Stiles|first1=F. Gary|last2=Whitney|first2=Bret|title=Notes on the behavior of the Costa Rican Sharpbill (''Oxyruncus cristatus frater'') | journal= Auk | year=1983 |volume=100 |issue=1| pages=117–125 |doi=10.1093/auk/100.1.117| jstor=4086284 | url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v100n01/p0117-p0125.pdf }}</ref> The nest of the sharpbill is built by the female and is a small cup built on a slender branch. Chicks are fed by regurgitation.