Brown Nonea vs Long-tailed Sylph

Nonea pulla compared with Aglaiocercus kingii

Key Differences

• Brown Nonea is Not Evaluated while Long-tailed Sylph is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Nonea	Long-tailed Sylph
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Boraginaceae	Trochilidae
Genus	Nonea	Aglaiocercus
Species	Nonea pulla	Aglaiocercus kingii

Conservation Status

Brown Nonea

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Nonea	Long-tailed Sylph
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Nonea

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and Europe (10 countries).

Long-tailed Sylph

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Brown Nonea

The Brown Nonea (Nonea pulla) is a species in the genus Nonea. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Found across Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and Europe (10 countries).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway