blackseed crabgrass vs Long-tailed Sylph

Digitaria ternata compared with Aglaiocercus kingii

Key Differences

• blackseed crabgrass is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Sylph is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	blackseed crabgrass	Long-tailed Sylph
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Trochilidae
Genus	Digitaria	Aglaiocercus
Species	Digitaria ternata	Aglaiocercus kingii

Conservation Status

blackseed crabgrass

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	blackseed crabgrass	Long-tailed Sylph
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

blackseed crabgrass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Guinea, and Mexico.

Long-tailed Sylph

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

blackseed crabgrass

The Blackseed crabgrass (Digitaria ternata) is a species in the genus Digitaria. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Long-tailed Sylph

One of the most strikingly ornamented hummingbirds, male long-tailed sylphs have iridescent green plumage and dramatically elongated, ribbon-like outer tail feathers reaching up to 22 cm — over three times the body length. Found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Venezuela, they inhabit humid montane forest between 1,400–2,800 meters elevation. Males perform elaborate display flights to attract females. Their extravagant tails are a classic example of sexual selection via female preference.