Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Avocettula recurvirostris (Swainson, 1822)

Spanish: Mango Picolezna

The Fiery-tailed Awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes). It weighs about 4.2 g and its bill is 18.6 mm long. It lives in Brazil, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Venezuela and Suriname. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.2 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

18.6 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Polytminae mangoes
3. Genus Avocettula awlbills

Where it lives · 7 countries

• Brazil
• Guyana
• French Guiana
• Ecuador
• Venezuela
• Suriname
• Colombia rare visitor

Nearest relatives, in the subfamily Polytminae (mangoes)

• Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae
• Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
• Tepui Goldenthroat Polytmus milleri
• Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango
• White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
• Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
• Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx auritus
• Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
• Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
• Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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