Blue-tailed Emerald vs Buzzing Spider

Chlorostilbon mellisugus compared with Anyphaena accentuata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-tailed Emerald	Buzzing Spider
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Trochilidae	Anyphaenidae
Genus	Chlorostilbon	Anyphaena
Species	Chlorostilbon mellisugus	Anyphaena accentuata

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue-tailed Emerald and Buzzing Spider share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Blue-tailed Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Buzzing Spider

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-tailed Emerald	Buzzing Spider
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-tailed Emerald

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Buzzing Spider

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Blue-tailed Emerald

A small, jewel-like hummingbird named for the brilliant blue-green iridescence of the tail feathers, male blue-tailed emeralds display glittering green plumage throughout with a contrasting deep blue-green forked tail. Found in lowland tropical forest edges, savannas, and gardens from Venezuela and Colombia east to Trinidad and south to Bolivia and Brazil. They are common in disturbed and secondary habitats, making them relatively resilient to habitat modification compared to more specialized hummingbirds.

Buzzing Spider

The Buzzing Spider (Anyphaena accentuata) is a species in the genus Anyphaena. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway