Blue-tailed Emerald vs Handley's Nectar Bat

Chlorostilbon mellisugus compared with Lonchophylla handleyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-tailed Emerald	Handley's Nectar Bat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Trochilidae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Chlorostilbon	Lonchophylla
Species	Chlorostilbon mellisugus	Lonchophylla handleyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue-tailed Emerald and Handley's Nectar Bat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Blue-tailed Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Handley's Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-tailed Emerald	Handley's Nectar Bat
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.

Handley's Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador