Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird
Tilmatura dupontii (Lesson, RP, 1832)
Spanish: Colibrí Cola Pinta · IOC: Sparkling-tailed woodstar
The Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird (Tilmatura dupontii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 2.2 g and its bill is 15.2 mm long. It lives in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 2.2 g, about 2 paperclips
- Bill
- 15.2 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, stable
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
- Tribe Mellisugini bees
- Genus Tilmatura
Where it lives · 5 countries
Nearest relatives, in the tribe Mellisugini (bees)
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora
- Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
- Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
- Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper
- Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii
- Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
- Gorgeted Woodstar Chaetocercus heliodor
Sources
Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), IOC World Bird List. 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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