Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí de Dupont |
| 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
Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published July 5, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published July 5, 2013
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Very little information. Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird is nectarivorous, and reportedly visits "a great variety of flowers" (Züchner 1999), but there is very little information about the plants that they visit. Edwards and Lea (1955) observed these hummingbird feeding on flowers of "thorny legumes". Also visits flowering Inga trees (Howell and Webb 1992).
Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird also consumes insects (Wagner 1946), as do most if not all species of hummingbirds (Remsen et al. 1986).
