Venezuelan Sylph
Aglaiocercus berlepschi (Hartert, EJO, 1898)
Spanish: Silfo de Berlepsch
The Venezuelan Sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 5.0 g and its bill is 18.4 mm long. It is found only in Venezuela. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 5.0 g, about 5 paperclips
- Bill
- 18.4 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Vulnerable, decreasing
- Endemic
- Found only in Venezuela
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
- Genus Aglaiocercus sylphs
What Aglaiocercus share: Males have very long, iridescent tails.
Where it lives · 1 country
Others in the genus Aglaiocercus
- Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
- Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii
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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