Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí safir cuadaurat |
| Czech | kolibřík zlatoocasý |
| Dutch | Goudstaartsaffierkolibrie |
| English | Blue-throated Goldentail |
| English (United States) | Blue-throated Goldentail |
| French | Colibri d'Élicia |
| French (France) | Colibri d'Élicia |
| German | Goldschwanz-Saphirkolibri |
| Japanese | オウゴンサファイアハチドリ |
| Norwegian | gullhalekolibri |
| Polish | szafirek złotosterny |
| Russian | Златохвостый сапфир |
| Serbian | Plavogrli safir kolibri |
| Slovak | kolibrík zlatochvostý |
| Spanish | Zafiro de Elicia |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Colibrí Colidorado |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Garganta Azul |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Zafiro Garganta Azul |
| Spanish (Panama) | Zafiro Gorguiazul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zafiro de Elicia |
| Swedish | blåstrupig safir |
| Turkish | Elicia Safiri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-сапфір рудохвостий |
Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae
Version: 1.0 — Published September 20, 2013
Behavior
Introduction
Blue-throated Goldentail typically occupies the interior and edges of shaded but open forest, where it forages from the midstory to the canopy (Howell and Webb 1995).
Territoriality
Feinsinger (1976) reported that at one site in Costa Rica, Blue-throated Goldentails "set up feeding territories and attacked intruding Amazilia or other birds, but often lost encounters with the larger Amazilia". Stiles and Skutch (1989), however, described Blue-throated Goldentail as "rarely not territorial at flowers".
Sexual Behavior
Male Blue-throated Goldentails sing and display at leks, with up to 10 males in attendance at a lek. Males sing from exposed, bare twigs ca 6-12 m above the ground (Skutch 1972). At one lek, "the two most distant of these performers were about 100 feet [30 m] apart" (Skutch 1972). At one site in Costa Rica, singing is seasonal; singing begins towards the end of the local rainy season (September), but is strongest in the drier months of January and February, and these hummingbirds do little or no singing from May-August (Skutch 1972).
Social and interspecific behavior
Away from leks, Blue-throated Goldentails are solitary.
Predation
No reported instances of predation on Blue-throated Goldentail?
