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Birders

Donkees

(32,398 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2022, 02:56 PM Dec 2022

Violet-tailed Sylph Hummingbird

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The violet-tailed sylph is generally sedentary but makes some seasonal elevational movements to follow flowering events. In southwestern Colombia it is dominant during the dry season of January to April but is largely replaced by the long-tailed sylph during the wet season.

The violet-tailed sylph's diet is nectar and small insects. It mostly forages near the ground but does ascend to the canopy.
It is a common cloudforest resident, occurs in several protected areas, and "will tolerate areas of man-made habitats as long as patches of forest remain.