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other sylphs.) The tail's upper surface is iridescent blue, green, and violet and the underside bluish black. Nominate females' upperparts are similar to the males'. Their tail is short and somewhat forked, with dark blue outer feathers broadly tipped with white. The head is metallic green with a white
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has assessed the long-tailed sylph as being of Least
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The long-tailed sylph's breeding season is known to span
February to October but the species is believed to breed at any time of year. Males build the nest, a bulky dome of moss and plant fibers with a side entrance. It is attached to a branch or twig where hidden by leaves. The female incubates the
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have a shining emerald green crown, metallic bronzy green upperparts, duller green underparts with an olive cast, and a blue or violet throat. The inner tail feathers are very short and the outer ones very long. (Despite the species' English name, its tail is not noticeably longer than those of the
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The male long-tailed sylphs are 16 to 19 cm (6.3 to 7.5 in) long including the 12 cm (4.7 in) outer tail feathers, and weigh 5 to 6 g (0.18 to 0.21 oz). Females are 9.7 to 11.7 cm (3.8 to 4.6 in) long and weigh 4.5 to 4.7 g (0.16 to 0.17 oz). All
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 31 January 2022. A classification of the bird species of South
America. American Ornithological Society.
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The long-tailed sylph's apparent song is "a continuous series of buzzy notes 'bzzt...bzzt...bzzt...'." Its calls include "a repeated, short, buzzy or raspy 'dzzrt'...a more drawn-out, higher-pitched 'bzzeeew' a thin high-pitched rising twittering."
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around a circuit of flowering plants but also will defend specific feeding territories. It usually hovers at flowers to feed but sometimes clings to them and also "robs" nectar by piercing the base of a flower. It catches insects by
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has a shorter tail than the nominate and a greenish blue throat. The female has bronzy green upperparts, a more bluish green crown than the nominate, and a chestnut wash on the back.
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has a somewhat longer bill than the nominate. Males are a paler and duller green and have a bright green throat; females have more green spots on a white throat.
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and of the long-tailed sylph in particular are complicated. The genus also includes two other sylphs, the
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312:The taxonomy of genus
729:"Appendices | CITES"
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684:"Long-tailed Sylph
474:SerranĂa del Perijá
269:Aglaiocercus kingii
236:Aglaiocercus kingii
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578:A. k. emmae
555:A. k. emmae
496:A. k. mocoa
484:A. k. emmae
442:A. k. mocoa
438:A. k. emmae
411:Description
388:A. k. mocoa
370:A. k. emmae
274:hummingbird
194:Trochilidae
184:Apodiformes
100:Appendix II
60:, Colombia
58:A. k. emmae
40:A. k. mocoa
1104:Categories
1082:Xeno-canto
738:2022-01-14
666:References
557:, Colombia
542:, Colombia
527:, Colombia
326:Venezuelan
42:, Ecuador
733:cites.org
373:Berlepsch
364:Berlepsch
302:Venezuela
282:Lesbiinae
212:Species:
174:Strisores
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131:Eukaryota
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391:Delattre
341:caudatus
290:Colombia
278:Lesbiini
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151:Chordata
147:Phylum:
141:Animalia
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1030:IUCN
1017:ITIS
991:GBIF
942:BOLD
773:2022
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698:2016
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