Long-tailed Sylph vs Small Stagshorn

Aglaiocercus kingii compared with Calocera cornea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Sylph	Small Stagshorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Aves (ave)	Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetales)
Family	Trochilidae	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus	Aglaiocercus	Calocera
Species	Aglaiocercus kingii	Calocera cornea

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

Small Stagshorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Sylph	Small Stagshorn
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.

Small Stagshorn

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

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.