bastard copperleaf vs Green-tailed Trainbearer

Acalypha chamaedrifolia compared with Lesbia nuna

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bastard copperleaf	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Acalypha	Lesbia
Species	Acalypha chamaedrifolia	Lesbia nuna

Conservation Status

bastard copperleaf

LC — Least Concern

Green-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bastard copperleaf	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bastard copperleaf

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

bastard copperleaf

The Bastard copperleaf (Acalypha chamaedrifolia) is a species in the genus Acalypha. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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:

🇨🇴 Colombia