Sylphe à queue d'azur vs Orange Tooth

Aglaiocercus kingii compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Sylphe à queue d'azur is Least Concern while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Sylphe à queue d'azur	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (oiseau)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Trochilidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Aglaiocercus	Hydnellum
Species	Aglaiocercus kingii	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Sylphe à queue d'azur

LC — Least Concern

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Sylphe à queue d'azur	Orange Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Sylphe à queue d'azur

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Orange Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Sylphe à queue d'azur

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