Long-tailed Sylph vs Tigran's Elder

Aglaiocercus kingii compared with Sambucus tigranii

Key Differences

• Long-tailed Sylph is Least Concern while Tigran's Elder is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Long-tailed Sylph	Tigran's Elder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (ave)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Dipsacales (Dipsacales)
Family	Trochilidae	Viburnaceae
Genus	Aglaiocercus	Sambucus
Species	Aglaiocercus kingii	Sambucus tigranii

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

Tigran's Elder

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Long-tailed Sylph	Tigran's Elder
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.

Tigran's Elder

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

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.