Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí cuaforcat |
| Czech | kolibřík vlaštovčí |
| Dutch | Zwaluwstaartkolibrie |
| English | Swallow-tailed Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Swallow-tailed Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri hirondelle |
| French (France) | Colibri hirondelle |
| German | Gabelschwanzkolibri |
| Icelandic | Svölubríi |
| Japanese | ツバメハチドリ |
| Norwegian | svalekolibri |
| Polish | śmigacz |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | beija-flor-tesoura |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Beija-flor-tesoura |
| Russian | Вилохвостый саблекрыл |
| Serbian | Lastorepi kolibri |
| Slovak | kolibrík lastovičí |
| Spanish | Colibrí Golondrina |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Picaflor Tijereta |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Picaflor tijereta |
| Spanish (Peru) | Colibrí de Cola Ahorquillada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí golondrina |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Picaflor Tijereta |
| Swedish | svalstjärtskolibri |
| Turkish | Kırlangıç Kuyruklu Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-шаблекрил вилохвостий |
Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Trochilus macrourus
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.487.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Jamaica, error, Cayenne designated as type locality by Hellmayr, antea, p. 387.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EUPETOMENA
- macroura / macrouros / macrourus / macrura
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura Scientific name definitions
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 9, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 9, 2015
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura
Authors
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Schuchmann, K.L. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.swthum1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 9, 2015
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura
Authors
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Schuchmann, K.L. and G. M. Kirwan (2015). Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
