Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America (Panama and Costa Rica). Sharpbills are most commonly found in tall dense forests but occasionally venture to the forest edge. Both sexes are green above, are white spotted with black below, and have an orange coronal patch, although this last feature is more obvious in the male than the female. The male’s song is highly distinctive, a long, electric buzz descending greatly in pitch. Their diet consists of primarily of fruit, but they will also take insects, hanging upside down in from twigs to obtain insect larvae. They will also travel in mixed-species feeding flocks.
