Long-tailed Sylph
Aglaiocercus kingii - Sylphe à queue d'azur
Systematics
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Order:
Apodiformes
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Family:
Trochilidés
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Genus:
Aglaiocercus
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Species:
kingii
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 10 à 19 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 4 à 6 g
Longevity
4 years
Geographic range
Identification
Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family.
Subspecific information 6 subspecies
- Aglaiocercus kingii kingii (e Colombia)
- Aglaiocercus kingii margarethae (nc and n Venezuela)
- Aglaiocercus kingii caudatus (n Colombia and w Venezuela)
- Aglaiocercus kingii emmae (c and w Colombia, nw Ecuador)
- Aglaiocercus kingii mocoa (s Colombia, Ecuador and n Peru)
- Aglaiocercus kingii smaragdinus (c Peru to c Bolivia)
Foreign names
- Sylphe à queue d'azur,
- Silfo de King,
- silfo-rabilongo,
- Himmelssylphe,
- fecskekolibri,
- Langstaartnimf,
- Silfide codalunga,
- grönstjärtad sylf,
- Andessylfe,
- vrchárik zelený,
- sylfa Kingova,
- Langhalet Sylfide,
- turkoosihännyskolibri,
- colibrí silf de King,
- komecik długosterny,
- Небесный сильф,
- アオフタオハチドリ,
- 长尾蜂鸟,
- 長尾蜂鳥,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
- Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
- Hummingsbirds of North America, Paul Johnsgard
- Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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