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Green-tailed Trainbearer

Lesbia nuna

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarShrublandCup nestTiny · 4 g
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 1
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 2
Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 3
Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 4
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 5
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 6
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 7
Photo: Florida Blume from South Florida, USA · CC BY 2.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 8
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 9
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna), photo 10
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The male green-tailed trainbearer is 15.3 to 17 cm (6.0 to 6.7 in) long including the 10.6 to 13.6 cm (4.2 to 5.4 in) long tail. Females are about 11.6 cm (4.6 in) long including their 4.5 to 6.2 cm (1.8 to 2.4 in) long tail. The species weighs 3.1 to 4.3 g (0.11 to 0.15 oz). It has a short, straight, black bill. Males of the nominate subspecies are almost entirely glittering emerald green; the throat is iridescent emerald green and the lower belly grayish with green dots. Its tail is long, forked, and black with green tips to the feathers.

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When to see the Green-tailed Trainbearer

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Green-tailed Trainbearer

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Peru Ecuador Bolivia

About the Green-tailed Trainbearer

The green-tailed trainbearer is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and possibly Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) Black-tailed TrainbearerLesbia victoriaeMales measure between 21 and 24 centimeters long, including the long tail.

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