Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Scissor-tailed hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca), recorded as Endangered
Scissor-tailed hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Scissor-tailed hummingbird

Hylonympha macrocerca

Scissor-tailed hummingbird is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes) — Hylonympha macrocerca, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Hylonympha macrocerca
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Aves · Apodiformes · Trochilidae · Hylonympha

Appearance

Both sexes have a long slightly decurved black bill. Males have a glittering violet forehead and center of the crown. The rest of the crown is a very dark green that is almost black. Their back is metallic grass green with a golden wash on the neck.

The scissor-tailed hummingbird male is about 19 cm (7.5 in) long among them its 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) tail and weighs 7 to 7.5 g (0.25 to 0.26 oz).

Published measurements include mass about 7.3.

Range and habitat

The scissor-tailed hummingbird is found only on the Paria Peninsula of northeastern Venezuela. It primarily inhabits the interior of damp mature subtropical forest and cloudforest, and is also found at forest edges and in small clearings. In elevation it ranges from 500 to 1,200 m (1,600 to 3,900 ft).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Nothing is known about the scissor-tailed hummingbird's breeding phenology.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Scissor-tailed hummingbird is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Scissor-tailed hummingbird, Wikidata item Q1189999. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Scissor-tailed hummingbird?
Scissor-tailed hummingbird is a bird in the family Trochilidae (order Apodiformes) — Hylonympha macrocerca.
What is the conservation status of Scissor-tailed hummingbird?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Hylonympha macrocerca. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Scissor-tailed hummingbird live?
It primarily inhabits the interior of damp mature subtropical forest and cloudforest, and is also found at forest edges and in small clearings.
Why is Scissor-tailed hummingbird in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Hylonympha macrocerca?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Scissor-tailed hummingbird a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.