Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)🐦🦜🕊️🎵❤️

1⃣The violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae.The male long-tailed sylphs are 18 to 21 cm (7.1 to 8.3 in) long including the 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in) outer tail feathers.

2⃣ Females are 9.5 to 9.7 cm (3.7 to 3.8 in) long. The species weighs 4.6 to 5.2 g (0.16 to 0.18 oz). It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. The nominate subspecies of violet-tailed sylph is found from the Pacific slope of Colombia's Western Andes into north and central Ecuador.

3⃣ A. c. aethereus is found on the Andes' Pacific slope in southwestern Ecuador between El Oro and Loja provinces. The species inhabits cloudforest and semi-open landscapes like the transition of forest to grassland and grassland with trees and shrubs.

4⃣It is most numerous at about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) of elevation but occurs as low as 300 m (980 ft) and as high as 2,100 m (6,900 ft). The IUCN has assessed the violet-tailed sylph as being of Least Concern.

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