Black-tailed Trainbearer vs Green-tailed Trainbearer

Lesbia victoriae compared with Lesbia nuna

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-tailed Trainbearer	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family same	Trochilidae	Trochilidae
Genus same	Lesbia	Lesbia
Species	Lesbia victoriae	Lesbia nuna

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-tailed Trainbearer and Green-tailed Trainbearer share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Lesbia.

Conservation Status

Black-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Green-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-tailed Trainbearer	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Black-tailed Trainbearer

The Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) is a species in the genus Lesbia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

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 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇳🇴 Norway