Hookbill

For a kind of large knife, see Billhook.

Hookbill could refer to

the avicultural term for members of the parrot family (typically anything larger than a parakeet) based on the curved shape of the bill, distinguishing them from softbills and other birds such as doves and finches
Lanaʻi hookbill (Dysmorodrepanis munroi) an extinct Hawaiian finch
The chestnut-winged hookbill (Ancistrops strigilatus), of western Amazonia

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