Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | kalypta pruhoocasá |
Dutch | Duponts Kolibrie |
English | Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird |
English (United States) | Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird |
French | Colibri zémès |
French (France) | Colibri zémès |
German | Blaukehl-Sternkolibri |
Japanese | ムナジロエンビハチドリ |
Norwegian | signalhalekolibri |
Polish | ametystowczyk jaskółczy |
Russian | Сверкающий искрохвост |
Slovak | čmeľovec jagavochvostý |
Spanish | Colibrí de Dupont |
Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Cola Pinta |
Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Cola Pinta |
Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí de Dupont |
Swedish | glitterstjärtad skogsjuvel |
Turkish | Işık Kuyruklu Ormanyıldızı |
Ukrainian | Колібрі строкатохвостий |
Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii
Version: 1.0 — Published July 5, 2013
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Behavior
Introduction
There is little information on the behavior of Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird. Reportedly forages for nectar by trap-lining (Züchner 1999), and sallies for insects, with prolonged flights, from exposed perches (Howell and Webb 1995).
Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird forages from the understory to the canopy (Howell and Webb 1995). When foraging, this hummingbird cocks the tail, and has a slow, bee-like flight (Wetmore 1941, Howell and Webb 1995).
Territoriality
Very little information. Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird reportedly forages by trap-lining (Züchner 1999), and so presumably does not defend territories. There is no information on home range size.
Sexual Behavior
Little information. Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird presumably is polygynous, as are most if not all species of hummingbirds (Schuchmann 1999: 509).
Wetmore (1941) described an apparent courtship display: "The females rested on open twigs while the males poised in the air 5 or 6 inches [12.7-15.2 cm] distant, opening and closing the long fork in the tail, scissors fashion, while the light glistened from the blue throat".
Social and interspecific behavior
Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird usually is solitary, as is typical of hummingbirds in general.
Predation
No reported instances of predation on Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird?