Violet-tailed Sylph

Taxobox
name = Violet-tailed Sylph

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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Aglaiocercus"
species = "A. coelestis"
binomial = "Aglaiocercus coelestis"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1861)

Brief Description

The Violet-tailed Sylph, "Aglaiocercus coelestis", is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Males average around 7 inches,(18 cm), in height, while females average around 3.8 inches (9.7 cm). The Sylph lives in areas from 300-2100 meters in elevation, though typically above 900 meters. [http://books.google.com/books?id=kHa6tJNKGDAC&pg=PA296&dq=violet+tailed+sylph&sig=ACfU3U3ZksPPcQGZ26mJxsxt0SwmYnqgoA A guide to the Birds of Columbia By Steven L. Hilty, William L. Brown, p.296, Published by Princeton University Press, 1986] ]

ong

"...a rapid, double-sounding "tez-it" at 1 per sec for up to several minutes..."

Behavior

"Solitary and usually low inside forest at small clumps of flowers. Hovers or occasionally clings to feed and does not gather at flowering trees."

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern. It is found in Ecuador, Colombia and other parts of South America. Another name for it is the Heavenly Sylph. It can fly 29-49 mph.

External links

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?sourceTemplate=Ldetail_report.wmt&loadTemplate=species_RptImages.wmt&paging=&elKey=650582&save=false&page=1 Violet-tailed Sylph photos] ; [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/servlet/InfoNatura?sourceTemplate=Ltabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=Ldetail_report.wmt&selectedReport=&summaryView=Ltabular_report.wmt&elKey=650582&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=650582&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&selectedIndexes=650582 Article w/RangeMaps] InfoNatura NatureServe
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3257 Violet-tailed Sylph videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/Ecuador/VioletTailedSylph-2251ss.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/ecuadorbirds.html Article] chandra.as.utexas.edu–"Birds of Ecuador"