alpine silverwort vs Green-tailed Trainbearer

Anthelia julacea compared with Lesbia nuna

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine silverwort	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Antheliaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Anthelia	Lesbia
Species	Anthelia julacea	Lesbia nuna

Conservation Status

alpine silverwort

LC — Least Concern

Green-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine silverwort	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine silverwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

alpine silverwort

The Alpine silverwort (Anthelia julacea) is a species in the genus Anthelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

A medium-sized Andean hummingbird with a long, deeply forked green tail — the longest tail relative to body size among trainbearer hummingbirds — male green-tailed trainbearers inhabit open grassland, scrub, and Andean hedgerows from Ecuador to Bolivia at elevations of 2,000–4,000 meters. Males perform aerial display flights with the ornamental tail streaming behind. Found in semi-open Andean landscapes including gardens, agricultural areas, and páramo edges where they feed at diverse flowering plants.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway