Long-tailed Sylph vs abelharuco-rosado

Aglaiocercus kingii compared with Merops malimbicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Sylph	abelharuco-rosado
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (ave)	Aves (ave)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family	Trochilidae	Meropidae
Genus	Aglaiocercus	Merops
Species	Aglaiocercus kingii	Merops malimbicus

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed Sylph and abelharuco-rosado share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (ave)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

abelharuco-rosado

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Sylph	abelharuco-rosado
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Long-tailed Sylph

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

abelharuco-rosado

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

Long-tailed Sylph

Um dos beija-flores mais vistosamente ornamentados, os machos do beija-flor-de-cauda-longa (Aglaiocercus kingii) possuem plumagem verde-iridescente e retrizes externas dramaticamente alongadas em forma de fita, atingindo até 22 cm — mais de três vezes o comprimento do corpo. Encontrado nas florestas nubladas andinas da Colômbia e Venezuela, habita florestas montanas úmidas entre 1.400 e 2.800 metros de altitude. Os machos realizam voos elaborados para atrair as fêmeas. Suas caudas extravagantes são um exemplo clássico de seleção sexual por preferência feminina.