Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí cuallarg verd |
| Czech | kolibřík trnoocasý |
| Dutch | Groene Draadkolibrie |
| English | Green Thorntail |
| English (United States) | Green Thorntail |
| French | Coquette à queue fine |
| French (France) | Coquette à queue fine |
| German | Grünfadenelfe |
| Japanese | ミドリトゲオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | grønntrådstjert |
| Polish | kolcosterek zielony |
| Russian | Зелёная шипохвостка |
| Serbian | Zeleni bodljorepi kolibri |
| Slovak | prilbiarik zelený |
| Spanish | Rabudito Verde |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Colibrí Colicerda Verde |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Green Thorntail |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Colicerda Verde |
| Spanish (Panama) | Colicerda Verde |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rabudito verde |
| Swedish | grön nålstjärt |
| Turkish | Yeşil Telkuyruk |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-голкохвіст зелений |
Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
Version: 1.0 — Published May 17, 2013
Behavior
Introduction
Green Thorntail primarily forages in the canopy. The flight while hovering is "very quiet [and] steady, with tail held cocked up at nearly a right angle" (Stiles and Skutch 1989). Hilty and Brown (1986) describe the flight as "weaving and beelike".
Captures small flying insects by hawking (Stiles and Skutch 1989), and also regularly "hovers to glean from the undersurface of larger canopy leaves" (Hilty and Brown 1986).
Territoriality
No information.
Sexual Behavior
Undescribed. Green Thorntail presumably is polygynous, as are most if not all species of hummingbirds (Schuchmann 1999: 509).
"Breeding males perch on high bare twigs [and] sometimes give dive displays" (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Social and interspecific behavior
Green Thorntail often is solitary, but can be "numerous" in aggregations at tall flowering trees (Hilty and Brown 1986).
Predation
No reports of predation on Green Thorntail?
