Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | kometka vidloocasá |
Dutch | Bronsstaartkomeetkolibrie |
English | Bronze-tailed Comet |
English (United States) | Bronze-tailed Comet |
French | Colibri de Bourcier |
French (France) | Colibri de Bourcier |
German | Rosenkehlsylphe |
Japanese | スミレフタオハチドリ |
Norwegian | bronsehalekolibri |
Polish | górokomecik |
Russian | Бронзовохвостая комета |
Serbian | Kometa kolibri bronzanog repa |
Slovak | vrchárik agávový |
Spanish | Colibrí Colibronce |
Spanish (Peru) | Cometa de Cola Bronceada |
Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí colibronce |
Swedish | bronsstjärtskomet |
Turkish | Bronz Kuyruklu Peri |
Ukrainian | Колібрі-комета |
SPECIES
Bronze-tailed Comet Polyonymus caroli
Thomas S. Schulenberg and Carolyn W. Sedgwick
Version: 1.0 — Published November 14, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published November 14, 2014
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Bronze-tailed Comet is primarily nectarivorous, but the diet of this species is not well documented; it has been reported visiting flowering mistletoes (Phrygilanthus) (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990).
Bronze-tailed Comet also consumes small arthropods (Sclater 1883, personal observations TSS), as do most if not all species of hummingbirds (Remsen et al. 1986).