Violet-tailed Sylph bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsViolet tailed Sylph, Gould's Heavenly Sylph, Heavenly Sylph
Old latin name for birdCynanthus coelestis
OrderSwifts and hummingbirds / Apodiformes
FamilyHummingbirds / Trochilidae
GenusAglaiocercus
Breeding regionSouth America
Breeding subregionColombia and Ecuador

Violet-tailed Sylph bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, female, © Guido O. Keijl
    Ecuador
  • 2.
    Hover calls, © Paul Coopmans
    Ecuador
  • 3.
    Song, © Paul Coopmans
    Ecuador
  • 4.
    Territorial song, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 5.
    Alarm call, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 6.
    Wing beats, chase calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 7.
    Agitated twitter in flight, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 8.
    Alarm and chase calls, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 9.
    Display song, wing noise, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
  • 10.
    Feeding calls and wing noise, male, © Olaf Jahn
    Ecuador
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Violet-tailed Sylph

Violet-tailed Sylph subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Aglaiocercus coelestis aethereussw Ecuador-No
Aglaiocercus coelestis coelestisw Colombia to c Ecuador-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalancolibrí silf celest
Chinese紫长尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional)紫長尾蜂鳥
Croatianljubičastorepi kolibrić
Czechsylfa fialovoocasá, Kolibrík tatama
DanishViolethalet Sylfide
DutchVioletstaartnimf, Violetlangstaartnimf
Finnishsäihkyhännyskolibri
FrenchColibri céleste, Sylphe à queue violette
GermanLandschwanzsylphe, Himmelssylphe, Landschwanz-Sylphe, Langschwanzsylphe
Hungariankékfarkú fecskekolibri
ItalianSilfide codaviola
Japaneseムラサキフタオハチドリ
Lithuanianvioletinis silfas
Norwegiancelestsylfe, Celestsylfe
Norwegian NynorskCelestsylfe
Polishkomecik fioletowosterny
Portuguesesilfo-de-cauda-violeta, silfo-ocidental
RussianФиолетовохвостый сильф, Длиннохвостый сильф
SerbianSilfa kolibri ljubičastog repa
Slovakchvostácik fialovec, vrchárik fialovec
SpanishCometa Colivioleta, Colibrí Coludo Bayo, Silfo celeste
Swedishviolettstjärtad sylf
TurkishMor Kuyruklu Ormanperisi
Ukrainianколібрі-сильф довгохвостий