Decken's Horseshoe Bat vs Green-tailed Trainbearer

Rhinolophus deckenii compared with Lesbia nuna

Key Differences

• Decken's Horseshoe Bat is Near Threatened while Green-tailed Trainbearer is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)
Family	Rhinolophidae	Trochilidae
Genus	Rhinolophus	Lesbia
Species	Rhinolophus deckenii	Lesbia nuna

Evolutionary Relationship

Decken's Horseshoe Bat and Green-tailed Trainbearer share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Green-tailed Trainbearer

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Green-tailed Trainbearer
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Decken's Horseshoe Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Green-tailed Trainbearer

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

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.