Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí silf celeste |
| Czech | sylfa fialovoocasá |
| Dutch | Violetstaartnimf |
| English | Violet-tailed Sylph |
| English (United States) | Violet-tailed Sylph |
| French | Sylphe à queue violette |
| French (France) | Sylphe à queue violette |
| German | Langschwanzsylphe |
| Japanese | ムラサキフタオハチドリ |
| Norwegian | celestsylfe |
| Polish | komecik fioletowosterny |
| Russian | Фиолетовохвостый сильф |
| Serbian | Silfa kolibri ljubičastog repa |
| Slovak | vrchárik fialovec |
| Spanish | Silfo Celeste |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Silfo Colivioleta |
| Spanish (Spain) | Silfo celeste |
| Swedish | violettstjärtad sylf |
| Turkish | Mor Kuyruklu Ormanperisi |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-сильф довгохвостий |
Aglaiocercus coelestis (Gould, 1861)
PROTONYM:
Cynanthus coelestis
Gould, 1861. An introduction to the Trochilidæ, or family of humming-birds, p.102.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Ecuador.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AGLAIOCERCUS
- coelestis
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
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis Scientific name definitions
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 6, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 6, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
Authors
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Schuchmann, K.L. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis), 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.vitsyl1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 6, 2016
- Violet-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus coelestis
Authors
Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Schuchmann, K.L. and P. F. D. Boesman (2016). Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis). 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.
