Long-tailed Sylph vs Tufted Button

Aglaiocercus kingii compared with Acleris cristana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Long-tailed Sylph Tufted Button
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Chordata (cordados) Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class Aves (ave) Insecta (inseto)
Order Apodiformes (Apodiformes) Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family Trochilidae Tortricidae
Genus Aglaiocercus Acleris
Species Aglaiocercus kingii Acleris cristana

Evolutionary Relationship

Long-tailed Sylph and Tufted Button share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Long-tailed Sylph

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Button

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Long-tailed Sylph Tufted Button
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.

Tufted Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.

Tufted Button

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

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