Long-tailed Sylph vs águia-das-estepes

Aglaiocercus kingii compared with Aquila nipalensis

Key Differences

Long-tailed Sylph is Least Concern while águia-das-estepes is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Sylph	águia-das-estepes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (ave)	Aves (ave)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Trochilidae	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Aglaiocercus	Aquila (True Eagles)
Species	Aglaiocercus kingii	Aquila nipalensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed Sylph and águia-das-estepes share a common ancestor at the Class level: Aves. (ave)

View Class: Aves

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

águia-das-estepes

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Sylph	águia-das-estepes
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.

águia-das-estepes

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.