Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (2)
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 6, 2016
Text last updated February 6, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Лилавоопашато изящно колибри |
Catalan | colibrí silf celeste |
Croatian | ljubičastorepi kolibrić |
Czech | sylfa fialovoocasá |
Dutch | Violetstaartnimf |
English | Violet-tailed Sylph |
English (United States) | Violet-tailed Sylph |
Estonian | pilve-vedikkoolibri |
Finnish | säihkyhännyskolibri |
French | Sylphe à queue violette |
French (Canada) | Sylphe à queue violette |
German | Langschwanzsylphe |
Japanese | ムラサキフタオハチドリ |
Norwegian | celestsylfe |
Polish | komecik fioletowosterny |
Russian | Фиолетовохвостый сильф |
Serbian | Ljubičastorepi silfa kolibri |
Slovak | vrchárik fialovec |
Spanish | Silfo Celeste |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Silfo Colivioleta |
Spanish (Spain) | Silfo celeste |
Swedish | violettstjärtad sylf |
Turkish | Mor Kuyruklu Ormanperisi |
Ukrainian | Колібрі-сильф довгохвостий |
Aglaiocercus coelestis (Gould, 1861)
PROTONYM:
Cynanthus coelestis
Gould, 1861. An introduction to the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, p.102.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ecuador.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- AGLAIOCERCUS
- coelestis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Violet-tailed Sylph