CINXE.COM
Sword-billed hummingbird - Wikipedia
<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Sword-billed hummingbird - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy","wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"13ea6566-7dfd-4863-8866-8b78710c6f67","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Sword-billed_hummingbird","wgTitle":"Sword-billed hummingbird","wgCurRevisionId":1273443150,"wgRevisionId":1273443150,"wgArticleId":3246062,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Good articles","Articles with 'species' microformats","Commons link from Wikidata","Taxonbars with automatically added original combinations","IUCN Red List least concern species","Birds described in 1840","Birds of the Northern Andes","Hummingbird species of South America","Trochilinae"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Sword-billed_hummingbird","wgRelevantArticleId":3246062,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q385548","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false}; RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.tmh.player.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","ext.tmh.player","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.tmh.player.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.20"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg/1200px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="960"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg/800px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="640"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg/640px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="512"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Sword-billed hummingbird - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Sword-billed_hummingbird rootpage-Sword-billed_hummingbird skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" title="Main menu" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="n-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages"><span>Special pages</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Sword-billed+hummingbird" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Sword-billed+hummingbird" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Sword-billed+hummingbird" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Sword-billed+hummingbird" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"><!-- CentralNotice --></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Taxonomy_and_systematics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taxonomy_and_systematics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Taxonomy and systematics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taxonomy_and_systematics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Description" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Description"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Description</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Description-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Description subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Description-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Vocalizations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vocalizations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Vocalizations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vocalizations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Habitat_and_distribution" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Habitat_and_distribution"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Habitat and distribution</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Habitat_and_distribution-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Behavior_and_ecology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Behavior_and_ecology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Behavior and ecology</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Behavior_and_ecology-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Behavior and ecology subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Behavior_and_ecology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Diet_and_feeding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Diet_and_feeding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Diet and feeding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Diet_and_feeding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Perching_and_preening" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Perching_and_preening"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Perching and preening</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Perching_and_preening-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reproduction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reproduction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Reproduction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reproduction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Co-evolution_with_Passiflora_mixta" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Co-evolution_with_Passiflora_mixta"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Co-evolution with <i>Passiflora mixta</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Co-evolution_with_Passiflora_mixta-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Status_and_conservation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Status_and_conservation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Status and conservation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Status_and_conservation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_art_and_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_art_and_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>In art and media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_art_and_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Sword-billed hummingbird</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 33 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-33" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">33 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaardkolibrie" title="Swaardkolibrie – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Swaardkolibrie" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Мечоклюно колибри – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мечоклюно колибри" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colibr%C3%AD_bec_d%27espasa" title="Colibrí bec d'espasa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Colibrí bec d'espasa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolib%C5%99%C3%ADk_me%C4%8Dozobec" title="Kolibřík mečozobec – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kolibřík mečozobec" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AFedn_cleddbig" title="Sïedn cleddbig – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sïedn cleddbig" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwertschnabelkolibri" title="Schwertschnabelkolibri – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Schwertschnabelkolibri" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahiit%C4%AF%CC%81hii_bidaa%CA%BC_nineez%C3%ADg%C3%AD%C3%AD" title="Dahiitį́hii bidaaʼ nineezígíí – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Dahiitį́hii bidaaʼ nineezígíí" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%BA_%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%88%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="مرغ مگس نوکشمشیری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مرغ مگس نوکشمشیری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colibri_porte-%C3%A9p%C3%A9e" title="Colibri porte-épée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Colibri porte-épée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sver%C3%B0br%C3%ADi" title="Sverðbríi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sverðbríi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9A-%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8" title="קוליברי ארך-מקור – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קוליברי ארך-מקור" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peang_(Ensifera)" title="Peang (Ensifera) – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="Peang (Ensifera)" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szuronyos_kolibri" title="Szuronyos kolibri – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szuronyos kolibri" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwaardkolibrie" title="Zwaardkolibrie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Zwaardkolibrie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdkolibri" title="Sverdkolibri – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Sverdkolibri" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DA%BE%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C_%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AC_%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C_%DA%86%DA%91%DB%8C" title="کھندوئی چنج پدی چڑی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کھندوئی چنج پدی چڑی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczodziobek" title="Mieczodziobek – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mieczodziobek" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beija-flor-bico-de-espada" title="Beija-flor-bico-de-espada – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Beija-flor-bico-de-espada" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B2" title="Колибри-мечеклюв – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Колибри-мечеклюв" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolibri_me_sqep%C3%AB_n%C3%AB_form%C3%AB_t%C3%AB_shpat%C3%ABs" title="Kolibri me sqepë në formë të shpatës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Kolibri me sqepë në formë të shpatës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peitsikolibri" title="Peitsikolibri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Peitsikolibri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sv%C3%A4rdn%C3%A4bb" title="Svärdnäbb – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Svärdnäbb" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%93%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81" title="வாள் அலகு ஓசனிச்சிட்டு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வாள் அலகு ஓசனிச்சிட்டு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%96-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%B1" title="Колібрі-списодзьоб – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Колібрі-списодзьоб" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" title="Ensifera ensifera – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Ensifera ensifera" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%80%E5%98%B4%E8%9C%82%E9%B8%9F" title="刀嘴蜂鸟 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="刀嘴蜂鸟" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q385548#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Sword-billed_hummingbird" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Sword-billed_hummingbird" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Sword-billed_hummingbird" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&oldid=1273443150" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Sword-billed_hummingbird&id=1273443150&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSword-billed_hummingbird"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSword-billed_hummingbird"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-species mw-list-item"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" hreflang="en"><span>Wikispecies</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q385548" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-good-star" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles*" title="This is a good article. Click here for more information."><img alt="This is a good article. Click here for more information." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/19px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/29px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/39px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of bird from South America</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the orthopteran suborder Ensifera, commonly known as crickets, see <a href="/wiki/Ensifera" title="Ensifera">Ensifera</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Sword-billed hummingbird </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sword-billed_hummingbird_(male)_at_Guango_Lodge,_Ecuador_(21310837273).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg/220px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg/330px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg/440px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4560" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Male </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ensifera_ensifera_(Pico_de_sable)_(14182491210).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ensifera_ensifera_%28Pico_de_sable%29_%2814182491210%29.jpg/220px-Ensifera_ensifera_%28Pico_de_sable%29_%2814182491210%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ensifera_ensifera_%28Pico_de_sable%29_%2814182491210%29.jpg/330px-Ensifera_ensifera_%28Pico_de_sable%29_%2814182491210%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ensifera_ensifera_%28Pico_de_sable%29_%2814182491210%29.jpg/440px-Ensifera_ensifera_%28Pico_de_sable%29_%2814182491210%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2981" data-file-height="2238" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Female sword-billed hummingbird (right) with a <a href="/wiki/Buff-tailed_coronet" title="Buff-tailed coronet">buff-tailed coronet</a> <br /><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="5" data-mwtitle="Ensifera_ensifera_-_Sword-billed_Hummingbird_XC250817.mp3" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Ensifera_ensifera_-_Sword-billed_Hummingbird_XC250817.mp3"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/Ensifera_ensifera_-_Sword-billed_Hummingbird_XC250817.mp3/Ensifera_ensifera_-_Sword-billed_Hummingbird_XC250817.mp3.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Ensifera_ensifera_-_Sword-billed_Hummingbird_XC250817.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>Call</figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"> <th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/330px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/440px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="137" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Least_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Least Concern">Least Concern</a> <small> (<a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN 3.1</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a> Appendix II<small> (<a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">CITES</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Ensifera_(bird)" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">Aves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Clade</i>: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Strisores" title="Strisores">Strisores</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apodiformes" title="Apodiformes">Apodiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hummingbird" title="Hummingbird">Trochilidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tribe: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heliantheini" title="Heliantheini">Heliantheini</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Ensifera</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Primev%C3%A8re_Lesson" class="mw-redirect" title="René Primevère Lesson">Lesson</a>, 1843</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>E. ensifera</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Ensifera ensifera</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Auguste_Boissonneau" title="Auguste Boissonneau">Boissonneau</a>, 1840)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg/220px-Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg/330px-Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg/440px-Ensifera_ensifera_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="608" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Distribution range of the sword-billed hummingbird </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p><i>Ornismya ensifera</i> <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Boissonneau" title="Auguste Boissonneau">Boissonneau</a>, 1840 </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>sword-billed hummingbird</b> (<i><b>Ensifera ensifera</b></i>), also known as the <b>swordbill</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Neotropical_realm" title="Neotropical realm">neotropical</a> species of <a href="/wiki/Hummingbird" title="Hummingbird">hummingbird</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andean</a> regions of <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>. It is the <a href="/wiki/Monotypic_taxon" title="Monotypic taxon">only member</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b>Ensifera.</b></i> Among the largest species of hummingbird, it is characterized by its unusually long <a href="/wiki/Beak" title="Beak">bill</a>, being the only bird to have a beak longer than the rest of its body, excluding the tail. It uses its bill to drink <a href="/wiki/Nectar" title="Nectar">nectar</a> from flowers with long <a href="/wiki/Corolla_(botany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corolla (botany)">corollas</a> and has <a href="/wiki/Coevolution" title="Coevolution">coevolved</a> with the species <i><a href="/wiki/Passiflora_mixta" title="Passiflora mixta">Passiflora mixta</a></i>. While most hummingbirds <a href="/wiki/Preening_(bird)" class="mw-redirect" title="Preening (bird)">preen</a> using their bills, the sword-billed hummingbird uses its feet to scratch and preen due to its bill being so long. </p><p>The sword-billed hummingbird is a <a href="/wiki/Trap-lining" title="Trap-lining">trap-line feeder</a> and feeds on <a href="/wiki/Nectar" title="Nectar">nectar</a>, especially from <i><a href="/wiki/Passiflora_mixta" title="Passiflora mixta">Passiflora mixta</a></i> and other <a href="/wiki/Passiflora" title="Passiflora">passionflowers</a>. It also <a href="/wiki/Hawking_(birds)" title="Hawking (birds)">hawks</a> for insects. It breeds from February to March and builds <a href="/wiki/Cup_nest" class="mw-redirect" title="Cup nest">cup nests</a> using moss. The sword-billed hummingbird is listed as being of <a href="/wiki/Least-concern_species" title="Least-concern species">least concern</a> by the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> (IUCN) on the <a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List</a>, but is threatened by <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy_and_systematics">Taxonomy and systematics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy and systematics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird was first <a href="/wiki/Species_description" title="Species description">described</a> as <i>Ornismya ensifera</i> by <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Boissonneau" title="Auguste Boissonneau">Auguste Boissonneau</a> in 1839 on the basis of specimens from <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe,_Bogot%C3%A1" title="Santa Fe, Bogotá">Santa Fé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bogot%C3%A1,_Colombia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bogotá, Colombia">Bogotá, Colombia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was moved to the genus <i>Ensifera</i> in 1843 by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lesson" title="René Lesson">René Lesson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The generic and specific name <i>ensifera</i> is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> words <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ensis" class="extiw" title="wikt:ensis">ensis</a></i> (sword) and <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ferre" class="extiw" title="wikt:ferre">ferre</a></i> (to carry) and means sword-wielder, referring to the species' large beak.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sword-billed hummingbird is the official <a href="/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">common name</a> designated by the <a href="/wiki/International_Ornithologists%27_Union" title="International Ornithologists' Union">International Ornithologists' Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other common names for the species include sword billed hummingbird, swordbill, and swordbill hummingbird.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sword-billed hummingbird is the <a href="/wiki/Monotypic_taxon" title="Monotypic taxon">only species</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i>Ensifera</i>. In 1939, <i>Ensifera ensifera caerulescens</i> was described as a subspecies by Willoughby Lowe on the basis of a specimen from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Memorial_Museum" title="Royal Albert Memorial Museum">Royal Albert Memorial Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it has since been <a href="/wiki/Lumpers_and_splitters" title="Lumpers and splitters">lumped</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Nominate_subspecies" class="mw-redirect" title="Nominate subspecies">nominate subspecies</a> as it is likely that the specimen had either aberrant <a href="/wiki/Plumage" title="Plumage">plumage</a> or was discolored. The species is now considered <a href="/wiki/Monotypic_taxon" title="Monotypic taxon">monotypic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sword-billed_hummingbird_(Ensifera_ensifera)_Caldas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28Ensifera_ensifera%29_Caldas.jpg/220px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28Ensifera_ensifera%29_Caldas.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28Ensifera_ensifera%29_Caldas.jpg/330px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28Ensifera_ensifera%29_Caldas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28Ensifera_ensifera%29_Caldas.jpg/440px-Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28Ensifera_ensifera%29_Caldas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3100" data-file-height="2067" /></a><figcaption>Male sword-billed hummingbird in Caldas, Colombia</figcaption></figure> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird is among the largest species of hummingbirds. Adults are 13–14 centimetres (5.1–5.5 in) long excluding the <a href="/wiki/Beak" title="Beak">bill</a> and weigh 10–15 g (0.35–0.53 oz), with males being slightly larger on average than females.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most distinctive feature of the species is the enormous bill, which is 8–12 centimetres (3.1–4.7 in) long.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill is the largest of any hummingbird and the largest with respect to body length for any bird.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sword-billed hummingbird displays <a href="/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" title="Sexual dimorphism">sexual dimorphism</a>. Males have shorter bills but longer wings and tails than females. Males have bronze-green <a href="/wiki/Upperparts" class="mw-redirect" title="Upperparts">upperparts</a> with coppery-bronze heads, a discreet white spot behind the eye, dusky throats, metallic green <a href="/wiki/Underparts" class="mw-redirect" title="Underparts">underparts</a>, a dark gray belly, and a forked blackish bronze-green tail. Some males have white on the chin and throat. Females have similar upperparts, but have white underparts and grayish throats and bellies speckled with green. The tail is less deeply forked and is edged grayish white. Juveniles look similar to females.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sword-billed hummingbird is the only known bird whose bill is longer than the rest of the body, excluding the tail.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jungles_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jungles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is black, heavy, and slightly upturned.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The extremely long bill helps the species feed on flowers with long <a href="/wiki/Corolla_(botany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corolla (botany)">corollas</a> that are inaccessible to other species.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vocalizations">Vocalizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vocalizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird makes a low, <a href="/wiki/Guttural" title="Guttural">guttural</a>, slightly trilled <i>trrr</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat_and_distribution">Habitat and distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Habitat and distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird is found in the <a href="/wiki/Andes" title="Andes">Andes</a> from western <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> through <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It inhabits humid and wet <a href="/wiki/Montane_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Montane Forest">montane forest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woodland_edge" title="Woodland edge">forest edges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shrubland" title="Shrubland">shrubland</a>, gardens, and patches of <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1ramo" title="Páramo">páramo</a> at elevations of 1,700–3,500 m (5,600–11,500 ft), but is most common at elevations of 2,400–3,100 m (7,900–10,200 ft). The species is generally <a href="/wiki/Non-migratory" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-migratory">non-migratory</a>, but shows localized movements in Colombia and northwestern Venezuela, where it moves to higher altitudes in the early <a href="/wiki/Wet_season" title="Wet season">wet season</a> and returns to lower elevations in the <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sword-billed hummingbird's distribution correlates with the distribution of species of the <a href="/wiki/Subgenus" title="Subgenus">subgenus</a> <i>Tacsonia</i> in the genus <i><a href="/wiki/Passiflora" title="Passiflora">Passiflora</a>,</i> due to its highly specialized bill and feeding habits.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Behavior_and_ecology">Behavior and ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Behavior and ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As is characteristic of hummingbirds, the sword-billed hummingbird can fly backwards and <a href="/wiki/Hummingbird#Flight" title="Hummingbird">hover</a> in the air.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also exhibits higher than average <a href="/wiki/Disk_loading" title="Disk loading">wing-disk loading</a> than other members of its family.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diet_and_feeding">Diet and feeding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Diet and feeding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hilt_Close-up_(28704685461).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Hilt_Close-up_%2828704685461%29.jpg/220px-Hilt_Close-up_%2828704685461%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Hilt_Close-up_%2828704685461%29.jpg/330px-Hilt_Close-up_%2828704685461%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Hilt_Close-up_%2828704685461%29.jpg/440px-Hilt_Close-up_%2828704685461%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Female sword-billed hummingbird feeding in flight</figcaption></figure> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird is a <a href="/wiki/Generalist_and_specialist_species" title="Generalist and specialist species">specialist feeder</a>, feeding mainly on the nectar of flowers with long corollas, including <i><a href="/wiki/Brugmansia_sanguinea" title="Brugmansia sanguinea">Brugsmania sanguinea</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Datura_stramonium" title="Datura stramonium">Datura stramonium</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Passiflora_mixta" title="Passiflora mixta">Passiflora mixta</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Passiflora_pinnatistipula" title="Passiflora pinnatistipula">P. pinnatistiplua</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Passiflora_mollissima" class="mw-redirect" title="Passiflora mollissima"><i>P. mollissima</i></a> and <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Passiflora_sexflora&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Passiflora sexflora (page does not exist)">P. sexflora</a></i>, along with flowers from the genera <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aethanthus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aethanthus (page does not exist)">Aethanthus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fuchsia" title="Fuchsia">Fuchsia</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Salpichroa" title="Salpichroa">Salpichroa</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Solanum" title="Solanum">Solanum</a></i>. It probes flowers from below while feeding, and is a <a href="/wiki/Trap-lining" title="Trap-lining">trap-line feeder</a>, visiting a specific series of flowers in a regular, consistent sequence. It also <a href="/wiki/Hawking_(birds)" title="Hawking (birds)">hawks</a> for insects, catching flying insects by keeping the bill open.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Perching_and_preening">Perching and preening</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Perching and preening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird perches with its bill angled upwards to reduce the strain of the heavy beak and improve balance.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The length of the bill is so long, it also forces the sword-billed hummingbird to use its feet to groom, even though this takes longer than traditional beak methods. <a href="/wiki/Preening_(bird)" class="mw-redirect" title="Preening (bird)">Preening</a> is important to remove <a href="/wiki/Ectoparasites" class="mw-redirect" title="Ectoparasites">ectoparasites</a> and spread oil across the feathers.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Breeding occurs from February to March. Nests are <a href="/wiki/Cup_nest" class="mw-redirect" title="Cup nest">cup-shaped</a> and made of moss, and are usually hung among root fibers high above the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Co-evolution_with_Passiflora_mixta">Co-evolution with <i>Passiflora mixta</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Co-evolution with Passiflora mixta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Passiflora_mixta_(as_Tacsonia_quitensis)_96.5876.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Passiflora_mixta_%28as_Tacsonia_quitensis%29_96.5876.jpg/250px-Passiflora_mixta_%28as_Tacsonia_quitensis%29_96.5876.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Passiflora_mixta_%28as_Tacsonia_quitensis%29_96.5876.jpg/330px-Passiflora_mixta_%28as_Tacsonia_quitensis%29_96.5876.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2004" data-file-height="3465" /></a><figcaption>The long corolla of <i>Passiflora mixta</i> is coevolved with the bird's bill as a pollination strategy.</figcaption></figure> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird displays extreme <a href="/wiki/Coevolution" title="Coevolution">coevolution</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Passionflower" class="mw-redirect" title="Passionflower">passionflower</a> <i>Passiflora mixta</i>. The two species evolved together during the early radiation of the subgenus <i>Tacsonia</i>, because the species exclusively pollinated <i>P. mixta.</i> The position of the flower's <a href="/wiki/Anthers" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthers">anthers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stigma_(botany)" title="Stigma (botany)">stigmas</a>, along with the length of the <a href="/wiki/Corolla_(botany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Corolla (botany)">corolla</a> tube, make it an inaccessible food source to nearly every species except the sword-billed hummingbird<i>.</i> This <a href="/wiki/Mutualism_(biology)" title="Mutualism (biology)">mutualistic</a> relationship lets <i>P. mixta</i> depend on the bird for pollination, while the bird obtains a high-quality food source.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To obtain nectar, the hummingbird will stick its long bill down the tube of the corolla (both of which are almost exactly the same length), drink, and then retreat and hover for a few seconds before repeating the process. Other species, such as insects, may be able to access the flower's nectar but do so by puncturing the base and feeding through a hole instead of the corolla tube. Additional evidence of coevolution is that both species also inhabit the same territory range along the Andean mountains. If sword-billed hummingbird populations were to decline, there would most likely be a negative impact on the abundance of <i>P. mixta</i> flowers due to their extreme coevolution.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status_and_conservation">Status and conservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Status and conservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sword-billed hummingbird is listed as being of <a href="/wiki/Least-concern_species" title="Least-concern species">least concern</a> by the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature" title="International Union for Conservation of Nature">International Union for Conservation of Nature</a> (IUCN) on the <a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List</a> due to its large range, lack of significant population decline, and lack of major threats. There is also no census on global number of individuals, because of the large range of occurrence and uncommon sightings.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has adapted to man-made habitats in some areas and is also known to occur in several protected areas.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">Climate change</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">deforestation</a> are the two most probable threats to the sword-billed hummingbird as they may lead to habitat loss and a decrease in food sources, especially of <i>Passiflora mixta.</i><sup id="cite_ref-:4_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_art_and_media">In art and media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In art and media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>'s documentary series <i><a href="/wiki/Planet_Earth_II" title="Planet Earth II">Planet Earth II</a></i> depicted the sword-billed hummingbird flying through the forest in the episode "Jungles".<sup id="cite_ref-Jungles_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jungles-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBirdLife_International2016" class="citation journal cs1">BirdLife International (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22687854/93171973">"<i>Ensifera ensifera</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2016</b>: e.T22687854A93171973. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687854A93171973.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687854A93171973.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&rft.atitle=Ensifera+ensifera&rft.volume=2016&rft.pages=e.T22687854A93171973&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687854A93171973.en&rft.au=BirdLife+International&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F22687854%2F93171973&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php">"Appendices | CITES"</a>. <i>cites.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-01-14</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=cites.org&rft.atitle=Appendices+%7C+CITES&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcites.org%2Feng%2Fapp%2Fappendices.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSociété_CuvierienneCuvierienne1839" class="citation book cs1">Société Cuvierienne; Cuvierienne, Société (1839). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/161562"><i>Revue zoologique</i></a>. Vol. 2. Paris: Société cuvierienne.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Revue+zoologique&rft.place=Paris&rft.pub=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+cuvierienne&rft.date=1839&rft.au=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+Cuvierienne&rft.au=Cuvierienne%2C+Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biodiversitylibrary.org%2Fitem%2F161562&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCottrellGreenwayMayrPaynter1945" class="citation book cs1">Cottrell, G. William; Greenway, James C.; Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A.; Peters, James Lee; Traylor, Melvin A.; University, Harvard (1945). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50583"><i>Check-list of birds of the world</i></a>. Vol. 5. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Check-list+of+birds+of+the+world&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1945&rft.aulast=Cottrell&rft.aufirst=G.+William&rft.au=Greenway%2C+James+C.&rft.au=Mayr%2C+Ernst&rft.au=Paynter%2C+Raymond+A.&rft.au=Peters%2C+James+Lee&rft.au=Traylor%2C+Melvin+A.&rft.au=University%2C+Harvard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biodiversitylibrary.org%2Fitem%2F50583&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJobling2010" class="citation book cs1">Jobling, James A. (2010). <i>Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names</i>. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Helm" title="Christopher Helm">Christopher Helm</a>. p. 146. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4081-3326-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4081-3326-2"><bdi>978-1-4081-3326-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Helm+Dictionary+of+Scientific+Bird+Names&rft.pages=146&rft.pub=Christopher+Helm&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-1-4081-3326-2&rft.aulast=Jobling&rft.aufirst=James+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/hummingbirds/">"Hummingbirds – IOC World Bird List"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hummingbirds+%E2%80%93+IOC+World+Bird+List&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldbirdnames.org%2Fnew%2Fbow%2Fhummingbirds%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=191F838FFB97AC1B">"Ensifera ensifera (Sword-billed Hummingbird) - Avibase"</a>. <i>avibase.bsc-eoc.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=avibase.bsc-eoc.org&rft.atitle=Ensifera+ensifera+%28Sword-billed+Hummingbird%29+-+Avibase&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Favibase.bsc-eoc.org%2Fspecies.jsp%3Favibaseid%3D191F838FFB97AC1B&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swordbill">"Definition of SWORDBILL"</a>. <i>www.merriam-webster.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.merriam-webster.com&rft.atitle=Definition+of+SWORDBILL&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fswordbill&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLowe1939" class="citation journal cs1">Lowe, Willoughby P. (1939-01-01). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1939.tb03963.x">"The Bird Collections in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter"</a>. <i>Ibis</i>. <b>81</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">65–</span>106. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1939.tb03963.x">10.1111/j.1474-919X.1939.tb03963.x</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Ibis&rft.atitle=The+Bird+Collections+in+the+Royal+Albert+Memorial+Museum%2C+Exeter&rft.volume=81&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E65-%3C%2Fspan%3E106&rft.date=1939-01-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1939.tb03963.x&rft.aulast=Lowe&rft.aufirst=Willoughby+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fdoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1939.tb03963.x&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_10-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFZüchnerKirwan2020" class="citation cs2">Züchner, Thomas; Kirwan, Guy M. (2020-03-04), Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/swbhum1/1.0/introduction">"Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)"</a>, <i>Birds of the World</i>, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2173%2Fbow.swbhum1.01">10.2173/bow.swbhum1.01</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:241590785">241590785</a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-10-09</span></span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Birds+of+the+World&rft.atitle=Sword-billed+Hummingbird+%28Ensifera+ensifera%29&rft.date=2020-03-04&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2173%2Fbow.swbhum1.01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A241590785%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Z%C3%BCchner&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft.au=Kirwan%2C+Guy+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbirdsoftheworld.org%2Fbow%2Fspecies%2Fswbhum1%2F1.0%2Fintroduction&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:1_11-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHiltyBrown1986" class="citation book cs1">Hilty, Steven L.; Brown, William L. (1986). <i>A Guide to the Birds of Colombia</i>. Princeton: <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_Press" title="Princeton University Press">Princeton University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780691083728" title="Special:BookSources/9780691083728"><bdi>9780691083728</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/11234472">11234472</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Guide+to+the+Birds+of+Colombia&rft.place=Princeton&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=1986&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F11234472&rft.isbn=9780691083728&rft.aulast=Hilty&rft.aufirst=Steven+L.&rft.au=Brown%2C+William+L.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:9-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:9_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:9_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:9_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSoterasMoréIbañezIglesias2018" class="citation journal cs1">Soteras, Florencia; Moré, Marcela; Ibañez, Ana C.; Iglesias, María del Rosario; Cocucci, Andrea A. (2018-12-26). Borges, Renee M. (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306261">"Range overlap between the sword-billed hummingbird and its guild of long-flowered species: An approach to the study of a coevolutionary mosaic"</a>. <i>PLOS ONE</i>. <b>13</b> (12): e0209742. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PLoSO..1309742S">2018PLoSO..1309742S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0209742">10.1371/journal.pone.0209742</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1932-6203">1932-6203</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6306261">6306261</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30586466">30586466</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=PLOS+ONE&rft.atitle=Range+overlap+between+the+sword-billed+hummingbird+and+its+guild+of+long-flowered+species%3A+An+approach+to+the+study+of+a+coevolutionary+mosaic&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=12&rft.pages=e0209742&rft.date=2018-12-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC6306261%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2018PLoSO..1309742S&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F30586466&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0209742&rft.issn=1932-6203&rft.aulast=Soteras&rft.aufirst=Florencia&rft.au=Mor%C3%A9%2C+Marcela&rft.au=Iba%C3%B1ez%2C+Ana+C.&rft.au=Iglesias%2C+Mar%C3%ADa+del+Rosario&rft.au=Cocucci%2C+Andrea+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC6306261&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jungles-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jungles_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jungles_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04gdkhf/p04gdh7x">"Sword-billed hummingbirds are the only birds in the world to have beaks longer than their bodies. - In pictures... Jungles"</a>. <i>Planet Earth II</i>. <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-10-15</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Planet+Earth+II&rft.atitle=Sword-billed+hummingbirds+are+the+only+birds+in+the+world+to+have+beaks+longer+than+their+bodies.+-+In+pictures...+Jungles&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fp04gdkhf%2Fp04gdh7x&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:8-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:8_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:8_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFIUCN2016" class="citation journal cs1">IUCN (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22687854/93171973">"Ensifera ensifera: BirdLife International"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2016</b>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2Fiucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t22687854a93171973.en">10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t22687854a93171973.en</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&rft.atitle=Ensifera+ensifera%3A+BirdLife+International&rft.volume=2016&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2305%2Fiucn.uk.2016-3.rlts.t22687854a93171973.en&rft.au=IUCN&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F22687854%2F93171973&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:5-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:5_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:5_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLindbergOlesen2001" class="citation journal cs1">Lindberg, Annika Büchert; Olesen, Jens Mogens (2001-03-04). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0266467401001213/type/journal_article">"The fragility of extreme specialization: Passiflora mixta and its pollinating hummingbird Ensifera ensifera"</a>. <i>Journal of Tropical Ecology</i>. <b>17</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">323–</span>329. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0266467401001213">10.1017/S0266467401001213</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0266-4674">0266-4674</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:85573624">85573624</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Tropical+Ecology&rft.atitle=The+fragility+of+extreme+specialization%3A+Passiflora+mixta+and+its+pollinating+hummingbird+Ensifera+ensifera&rft.volume=17&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E323-%3C%2Fspan%3E329&rft.date=2001-03-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A85573624%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.issn=0266-4674&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2FS0266467401001213&rft.aulast=Lindberg&rft.aufirst=Annika+B%C3%BCchert&rft.au=Olesen%2C+Jens+Mogens&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2Fcore%2Fproduct%2Fidentifier%2FS0266467401001213%2Ftype%2Fjournal_article&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSapirDudley2012" class="citation journal cs1">Sapir, Nir; Dudley, Robert (2012-10-15). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1242%2Fjeb.073114">"Backward flight in hummingbirds employs unique kinematic adjustments and entails low metabolic cost"</a>. <i>Journal of Experimental Biology</i>. <b>215</b> (20): <span class="nowrap">3603–</span>3611. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012JExpB.215.3603S">2012JExpB.215.3603S</a>. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1242%2Fjeb.073114">10.1242/jeb.073114</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0022-0949">0022-0949</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23014570">23014570</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Experimental+Biology&rft.atitle=Backward+flight+in+hummingbirds+employs+unique+kinematic+adjustments+and+entails+low+metabolic+cost&rft.volume=215&rft.issue=20&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E3603-%3C%2Fspan%3E3611&rft.date=2012-10-15&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1242%2Fjeb.073114&rft.issn=0022-0949&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F23014570&rft_id=info%3Abibcode%2F2012JExpB.215.3603S&rft.aulast=Sapir&rft.aufirst=Nir&rft.au=Dudley%2C+Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1242%252Fjeb.073114&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:3_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSnow1980" class="citation book cs1">Snow, David (1980). <i>Relationships between hummingbirds and flowers in the Andes of Colombia</i>. British Museum: Bulletin of the British Museum.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Relationships+between+hummingbirds+and+flowers+in+the+Andes+of+Colombia.&rft.place=British+Museum&rft.pub=Bulletin+of+the+British+Museum&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Snow&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:6-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:6_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFClaytonCotgreave1994" class="citation journal cs1">Clayton, Dale H.; Cotgreave, Peter (1994). "Relationship of bill morphology to grooming behaviour in birds". <i>Animal Behaviour</i>. <b>47</b> (1): <span class="nowrap">195–</span>201. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1006%2Fanbe.1994.1022">10.1006/anbe.1994.1022</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:53184717">53184717</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Animal+Behaviour&rft.atitle=Relationship+of+bill+morphology+to+grooming+behaviour+in+birds&rft.volume=47&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E195-%3C%2Fspan%3E201&rft.date=1994&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1006%2Fanbe.1994.1022&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A53184717%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Clayton&rft.aufirst=Dale+H.&rft.au=Cotgreave%2C+Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:4-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:4_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:4_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAbrahamczykSouto-VilarósRenner2014" class="citation journal cs1">Abrahamczyk, S.; Souto-Vilarós, D.; Renner, S. S. (2014-11-22). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213610">"Escape from extreme specialization: passionflowers, bats and the sword-billed hummingbird"</a>. <i>Proc. R. Soc. B</i>. <b>281</b> (1795): 20140888. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frspb.2014.0888">10.1098/rspb.2014.0888</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0962-8452">0962-8452</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213610">4213610</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25274372">25274372</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Proc.+R.+Soc.+B&rft.atitle=Escape+from+extreme+specialization%3A+passionflowers%2C+bats+and+the+sword-billed+hummingbird&rft.volume=281&rft.issue=1795&rft.pages=20140888&rft.date=2014-11-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC4213610%23id-name%3DPMC&rft.issn=0962-8452&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F25274372&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1098%2Frspb.2014.0888&rft.aulast=Abrahamczyk&rft.aufirst=S.&rft.au=Souto-Vilar%C3%B3s%2C+D.&rft.au=Renner%2C+S.+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC4213610&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASword-billed+hummingbird" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" class="extiw" title="commons:Ensifera ensifera"><span style="font-style:italic; font-weight:bold;">Ensifera ensifera</span></a>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ebird.org/species/swbhum1">Explore Species: Sword-billed Hummingbird</a> at eBird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)</li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100102042819/https://www2.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/slater-museum/biodiversity-resources/birds/skeleton-of-sword-billed-hummi/">Skeletal structure photo and description</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Genera_of_nightjars,_hummingbirds,_swifts_and_their_extinct_allies278" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Strisores" title="Template:Strisores"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Strisores" title="Template talk:Strisores"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Strisores" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Strisores"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Genera_of_nightjars,_hummingbirds,_swifts_and_their_extinct_allies278" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Genera of <a href="/wiki/Caprimulgiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Caprimulgiformes">nightjars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hummingbird" title="Hummingbird">hummingbirds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apodidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Apodidae">swifts</a> and their extinct allies</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a></li> <li>Phylum: <a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a></li> <li>Class: <a href="/wiki/Birds" class="mw-redirect" title="Birds">Aves</a></li> <li>Clade: <a href="/wiki/Passerea" title="Passerea">Passerea</a></li> <li>Clade: <a href="/wiki/Strisores" title="Strisores">Strisores</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Strisores278" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Strisores" title="Strisores">Strisores</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/wiki/Archaeotrogonidae" title="Archaeotrogonidae">Archaeotrogonidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Archaeodromus" title="Archaeodromus">Archaeodromus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Archaeotrogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeotrogon">Archaeotrogon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hassiavis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hassiavis (page does not exist)">Hassiavis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caprimulgiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Caprimulgiformes">Caprimulgiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr>"<i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyomingcypselus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wyomingcypselus (page does not exist)">Wyomingcypselus</a></i>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caprimulgidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Caprimulgidae">Caprimulgidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Ventivorus" title="Ventivorus">Ventivorus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caprimulginae" title="Caprimulginae">Caprimulginae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Antrostomus" title="Antrostomus">Antrostomus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caprimulgus" title="Caprimulgus">Caprimulgus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eleothreptus" title="Eleothreptus">Eleothreptus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gactornis" class="mw-redirect" title="Gactornis">Gactornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hydropsalis" title="Hydropsalis">Hydropsalis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Macropsalis" class="mw-redirect" title="Macropsalis">Macropsalis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyctidromus" title="Nyctidromus">Nyctidromus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyctiphrynus" title="Nyctiphrynus">Nyctiphrynus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyctipolus" title="Nyctipolus">Nyctipolus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phalaenoptilus" class="mw-redirect" title="Phalaenoptilus">Phalaenoptilus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Setopagis" title="Setopagis">Setopagis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Siphonorhis" title="Siphonorhis">Siphonorhis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Systellura" title="Systellura">Systellura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uropsalis" title="Uropsalis">Uropsalis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brown_nightjar" title="Brown nightjar">Veles</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chordeilinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Chordeilinae">Chordeilinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chordeiles" title="Chordeiles">Chordeiles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lurocalis" title="Lurocalis">Lurocalis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyctiprogne" title="Nyctiprogne">Nyctiprogne</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eurostopodinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurostopodinae">Eurostopodinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eurostopodus" title="Eurostopodus">Eurostopodus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lyncornis" title="Lyncornis">Lyncornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vanescaves" title="Vanescaves">Vanescaves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sedentaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedentaves">Sedentaves</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Steatornithiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Steatornithiformes">Steatornithiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Euronyctibius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Euronyctibius (page does not exist)">Euronyctibius</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prefica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prefica (page does not exist)">Prefica</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Protocypselomorphus" title="Protocypselomorphus">Protocypselomorphus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/wiki/Fluvioviridavidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Fluvioviridavidae">Fluvioviridavidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Fluvioviridavis" title="Fluvioviridavis">Fluvioviridavis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Steatornithidae" title="Steatornithidae">Steatornithidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Steatornis" class="mw-redirect" title="Steatornis">Steatornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nyctibiiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyctibiiformes">Nyctibiiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Nyctibiidae15" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nyctibiidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyctibiidae">Nyctibiidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/wiki/Parapreficinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Parapreficinae">Parapreficinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Paraprefica" title="Paraprefica">Paraprefica</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nyctibiinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyctibiinae">Nyctibiinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyctibius" title="Nyctibius">Nyctibius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phyllaemulor" class="mw-redirect" title="Phyllaemulor">Phyllaemulor</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Letornithes" class="mw-redirect" title="Letornithes">Letornithes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Podargiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Podargiformes">Podargiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Podargiformes17" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Podargiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Podargiformes">Podargiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masillapodargus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masillapodargus (page does not exist)">Masillapodargus</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quercypodargus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quercypodargus (page does not exist)">Quercypodargus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Podargidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Podargidae">Podargidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Batrachostomus" title="Batrachostomus">Batrachostomus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Podargus" title="Podargus">Podargus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rigidipenna" class="mw-redirect" title="Rigidipenna">Rigidipenna</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apodimorphae" title="Apodimorphae">Apodimorphae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>See below ↓</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Caprimulgus longipennis"><img alt="Caprimulgus longipennis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg/120px-Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg/180px-Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg/240px-Macrodipteryx_longipennis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2800" /></a></span> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lyncornis macrotis"><img alt="Lyncornis macrotis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg/120px-Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg/180px-Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg/240px-Eurostopodus_macrotis_Gwillim.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7088" data-file-height="4352" /></a></span> </p> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Batrachostomus septimus"><img alt="Batrachostomus septimus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg/120px-Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg/180px-Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg/240px-Batrachostomus_septimus_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2563" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Apodimorphae278" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Apodimorphae" title="Apodimorphae">Apodimorphae</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eocypselidae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eocypselidae (page does not exist)">Eocypselidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eocypselus" title="Eocypselus">Eocypselus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Daedalornithes" class="mw-redirect" title="Daedalornithes">Daedalornithes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>incertae sedis</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Palescyvus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Palescyvus (page does not exist)">Palescyvus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aegotheliformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegotheliformes">Aegotheliformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quipollornis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Quipollornis (page does not exist)">Quipollornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aegothelidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegothelidae">Aegothelidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aegotheles" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegotheles">Aegotheles</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apodiformes" title="Apodiformes">Apodiformes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cypseloramphus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cypseloramphus (page does not exist)">Cypseloramphus</a></i>?</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/wiki/Aegialornithidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegialornithidae">Aegialornithidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aegialornis" title="Aegialornis">Aegialornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Primapus" title="Primapus">Primapus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Procuculus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Procuculus (page does not exist)">Procuculus</a></i>?</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cypselavidae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cypselavidae (page does not exist)">Cypselavidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Argornis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Argornis (page does not exist)">Argornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cypselavus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cypselavus (page does not exist)">Cypselavus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parargornis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parargornis (page does not exist)">Parargornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jungornithidae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jungornithidae (page does not exist)">Jungornithidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jungornis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jungornis (page does not exist)">Jungornis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trochiloidea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trochiloidea (page does not exist)">Trochiloidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>See below ↓</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apodidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Apodidae">Apodidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li>See below ↓</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aegothelessavesi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aegotheles savesi"><img alt="Aegotheles savesi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Aegothelessavesi.jpg/120px-Aegothelessavesi.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Aegothelessavesi.jpg/180px-Aegothelessavesi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Aegothelessavesi.jpg/240px-Aegothelessavesi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1720" data-file-height="2856" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Trochiloidea278" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Trochiloidea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Trochiloidea (page does not exist)">Trochiloidea</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>incertae sedis</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Eurotrochilus" title="Eurotrochilus">Eurotrochilus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trochilidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Trochilidae">Trochilidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Florisuginae" title="Florisuginae">Florisuginae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Florisuga" class="mw-redirect" title="Florisuga">Florisuga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Topaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Topaza">Topaza</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Phaethornithinae" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaethornithinae">Phaethornithinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Anopetia" class="mw-redirect" title="Anopetia">Anopetia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eutoxeres" title="Eutoxeres">Eutoxeres</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glaucis" title="Glaucis">Glaucis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phaethornis" title="Phaethornis">Phaethornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ramphodon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramphodon">Ramphodon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Threnetes" class="mw-redirect" title="Threnetes">Threnetes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polytminae" title="Polytminae">Polytminae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Androdon" class="mw-redirect" title="Androdon">Androdon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anthracothorax" title="Anthracothorax">Anthracothorax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Augastes" class="mw-redirect" title="Augastes">Augastes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Avocettula" class="mw-redirect" title="Avocettula">Avocettula</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chrysolampis" class="mw-redirect" title="Chrysolampis">Chrysolampis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colibri_(bird)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colibri (bird)">Colibri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doryfera" title="Doryfera">Doryfera</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eulampis" title="Eulampis">Eulampis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heliactin" class="mw-redirect" title="Heliactin">Heliactin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heliothryx" title="Heliothryx">Heliothryx</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polytmus" class="mw-redirect" title="Polytmus">Polytmus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Schistes" title="Schistes">Schistes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Polytminae" title="Polytminae">Polytminae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heliantheini" title="Heliantheini">Heliantheini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aglaeactis" title="Aglaeactis">Aglaeactis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boissonneaua" title="Boissonneaua">Boissonneaua</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coeligena" title="Coeligena">Coeligena</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eriocnemis" title="Eriocnemis">Eriocnemis</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ensifera</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haplophaedia" title="Haplophaedia">Haplophaedia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heliodoxa" title="Heliodoxa">Heliodoxa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lafresnaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Lafresnaya">Lafresnaya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loddigesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Loddigesia">Loddigesia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ocreatus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocreatus">Ocreatus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pterophanes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pterophanes">Pterophanes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Urochroa" title="Urochroa">Urochroa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Urosticte" class="mw-redirect" title="Urosticte">Urosticte</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lesbiini" title="Lesbiini">Lesbiini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Adelomyia" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelomyia">Adelomyia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aglaiocercus" title="Aglaiocercus">Aglaiocercus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chalcostigma" title="Chalcostigma">Chalcostigma</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Discosura" title="Discosura">Discosura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heliangelus" class="mw-redirect" title="Heliangelus">Heliangelus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lesbia_(bird)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesbia (bird)">Lesbia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lophornis" title="Lophornis">Lophornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Metallura" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallura">Metallura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Opisthoprora" class="mw-redirect" title="Opisthoprora">Opisthoprora</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oreonympha" class="mw-redirect" title="Oreonympha">Oreonympha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oreotrochilus" class="mw-redirect" title="Oreotrochilus">Oreotrochilus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oxypogon" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxypogon">Oxypogon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phlogophilus" title="Phlogophilus">Phlogophilus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polyonymus" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyonymus">Polyonymus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ramphomicron" title="Ramphomicron">Ramphomicron</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sappho_(bird)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sappho (bird)">Sappho</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sephanoides" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephanoides">Sephanoides</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taphrolesbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Taphrolesbia">Taphrolesbia</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Patagoninae" class="mw-redirect" title="Patagoninae">Patagoninae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Patagona" title="Patagona">Patagona</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trochilinae" title="Trochilinae">Trochilinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Trochilini" title="Trochilini">Trochilini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Abeillia" class="mw-redirect" title="Abeillia">Abeillia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amazilia" title="Amazilia">Amazilia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amazilis" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazilis">Amazilis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anthocephala" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthocephala">Anthocephala</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Basilinna_(bird)" title="Basilinna (bird)">Basilinna</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Campylopterus" class="mw-redirect" title="Campylopterus">Campylopterus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chalybura" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalybura">Chalybura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chionomesa" title="Chionomesa">Chionomesa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chlorestes" title="Chlorestes">Chlorestes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chlorostilbon" title="Chlorostilbon">Chlorostilbon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chrysuronia" title="Chrysuronia">Chrysuronia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cynanthus" title="Cynanthus">Cynanthus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elliotomyia" title="Elliotomyia">Elliotomyia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eupetomena" title="Eupetomena">Eupetomena</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eupherusa" title="Eupherusa">Eupherusa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goldmania" title="Goldmania">Goldmania</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hylocharis" title="Hylocharis">Hylocharis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Violet-headed_hummingbird" title="Violet-headed hummingbird">Klais</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leucippus_(bird)" class="mw-redirect" title="Leucippus (bird)">Leucippus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leucochloris" class="mw-redirect" title="Leucochloris">Leucochloris</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microchera" title="Microchera">Microchera</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orthorhyncus" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthorhyncus">Orthorhyncus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pampa_(bird)" title="Pampa (bird)">Pampa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phaeochroa" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaeochroa">Phaeochroa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phaeoptila" class="mw-redirect" title="Phaeoptila">Phaeoptila</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polyerata" title="Polyerata">Polyerata</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ramosomyia" title="Ramosomyia">Ramosomyia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Riccordia" title="Riccordia">Riccordia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saucerottia" title="Saucerottia">Saucerottia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stephanoxis" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephanoxis">Stephanoxis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Talaphorus" class="mw-redirect" title="Talaphorus">Talaphorus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taphrospilus" class="mw-redirect" title="Taphrospilus">Taphrospilus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thalurania" class="mw-redirect" title="Thalurania">Thalurania</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thaumasius" title="Thaumasius">Thaumasius</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trochilus" class="mw-redirect" title="Trochilus">Trochilus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Uranomitra" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranomitra">Uranomitra</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lampornithini" title="Lampornithini">Lampornithini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Eugenes" title="Eugenes">Eugenes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heliomaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Heliomaster">Heliomaster</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hylonympha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hylonympha">Hylonympha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lampornis" class="mw-redirect" title="Lampornis">Lampornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lamprolaima" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamprolaima">Lamprolaima</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panterpe" class="mw-redirect" title="Panterpe">Panterpe</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sternoclyta" class="mw-redirect" title="Sternoclyta">Sternoclyta</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mellisugini" title="Mellisugini">Mellisugini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Archilochus_(bird)" title="Archilochus (bird)">Archilochus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calliphlox" class="mw-redirect" title="Calliphlox">Calliphlox</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calothorax" title="Calothorax">Calothorax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calypte" title="Calypte">Calypte</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaetocercus" title="Chaetocercus">Chaetocercus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doricha" title="Doricha">Doricha</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eulidia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eulidia">Eulidia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mellisuga" title="Mellisuga">Mellisuga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Microstilbon" class="mw-redirect" title="Microstilbon">Microstilbon</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Myrmia" class="mw-redirect" title="Myrmia">Myrmia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Myrtis_(genus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Myrtis (genus)">Myrtis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nesophlox" title="Nesophlox">Nesophlox</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Philodice_(bird)" title="Philodice (bird)">Philodice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oasis_hummingbird" title="Oasis hummingbird">Rhodopis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Selasphorus" title="Selasphorus">Selasphorus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Thaumastura" class="mw-redirect" title="Thaumastura">Thaumastura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tilmatura" class="mw-redirect" title="Tilmatura">Tilmatura</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Loddigesia mirabilis"><img alt="Loddigesia mirabilis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg/120px-Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg/180px-Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg/240px-Loddigesia_mirabilis_%2B_Aechmea_mucroniflora_-_Gould_Troch._pl._161.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3480" data-file-height="4664" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Phlogophilus hemileucurus"><img alt="Phlogophilus hemileucurus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg/120px-Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg/180px-Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg/240px-Phlogophilus_hemileucurus_%2B_Paphinia_cristata_-_Gould_-_Humm._161.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3280" data-file-height="3984" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Apodi278" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Apodi</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="incertae_sedis47" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>incertae sedis</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Laputavis" title="Laputavis">Laputavis</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Procypseloides&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Procypseloides (page does not exist)">Procypseloides</a></i></li> <li><abbr title="Extinct" aria-label="Extinct" style="border: none; text-decoration: none; cursor: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">†</abbr><i><a href="/wiki/Scaniacypselus" title="Scaniacypselus">Scaniacypselus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hemiprocnidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemiprocnidae">Hemiprocnidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hemiprocne" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemiprocne">Hemiprocne</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apodidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Apodidae">Apodidae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apodinae" title="Apodinae">Apodinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apodini" class="mw-redirect" title="Apodini">Apodini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aeronautes" title="Aeronautes">Aeronautes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Apus_(bird)" title="Apus (bird)">Apus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cypsiurus" title="Cypsiurus">Cypsiurus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panyptila" title="Panyptila">Panyptila</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tachornis" title="Tachornis">Tachornis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tachymarptis" title="Tachymarptis">Tachymarptis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chaeturini" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaeturini">Chaeturini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chaetura" title="Chaetura">Chaetura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hirundapus" title="Hirundapus">Hirundapus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mearnsia" title="Mearnsia">Mearnsia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neafrapus" title="Neafrapus">Neafrapus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rhaphidura" title="Rhaphidura">Rhaphidura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Telacanthura" title="Telacanthura">Telacanthura</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zoonavena" title="Zoonavena">Zoonavena</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Collocaliini" class="mw-redirect" title="Collocaliini">Collocaliini</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aerodramus" title="Aerodramus">Aerodramus</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collocalia" title="Collocalia">Collocalia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hydrochous" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrochous">Hydrochous</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Schoutedenapus" class="mw-redirect" title="Schoutedenapus">Schoutedenapus</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cypseloidinae" title="Cypseloidinae">Cypseloidinae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Cypseloides" title="Cypseloides">Cypseloides</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Streptoprocne" title="Streptoprocne">Streptoprocne</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aeronautes saxatalis"><img alt="Aeronautes saxatalis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg/120px-MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg/180px-MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg/240px-MicropusMelanoleucusKeulemans.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1898" data-file-height="2931" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Taxon_identifiers4056" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Taxon_identifiers4056" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Ensifera ensifera</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q385548" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q385548">Q385548</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ensifera_ensifera" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Ensifera ensifera">Ensifera ensifera</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Avibase" title="Avibase">Avibase</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=191F838FFB97AC1B">191F838FFB97AC1B</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/BirdLife_International" title="BirdLife International">BirdLife</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22687854">22687854</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Barcode_of_Life_Data_System" title="Barcode of Life Data System">BOLD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=95470">95470</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Birds_of_the_World" title="Birds of the World">BOW</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/swbhum1">swbhum1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6FBPJ">6FBPJ</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/EBird" title="EBird">eBird</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ebird.org/species/swbhum1">swbhum1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2476884">2476884</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/6458">6458</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11370064">11370064</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=555235">555235</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/22687854">22687854</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information" title="National Center for Biotechnology Information">NCBI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=304621">304621</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Neotropical_Birds_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Neotropical Birds Online">Neotropical</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/swbhum1">swbhum1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Observation.org" title="Observation.org">Observation.org</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observation.org/species/71987/">71987</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/taxonomy/browse?id=243722">243722</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/CITES" title="CITES">Species+</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/3707">3707</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Xeno-canto" title="Xeno-canto">Xeno-canto</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://xeno-canto.org/species/Ensifera-ensifera">Ensifera-ensifera</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Ornismya ensifera</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41009991" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q41009991">Q41009991</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KD6Y">8KD6Y</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/8848512">8848512</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1149883">1149883</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/taxonomy/browse?id=7662647">7662647</a></span></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <!-- NewPP limit report Parsed by mw‐web.codfw.main‐b574f7ddb‐s76gj Cached time: 20250313101754 Cache expiry: 2592000 Reduced expiry: false Complications: [vary‐revision‐sha1, show‐toc] CPU time usage: 0.960 seconds Real time usage: 1.262 seconds Preprocessor visited node count: 10078/1000000 Post‐expand include size: 278502/2097152 bytes Template argument size: 7864/2097152 bytes Highest expansion depth: 20/100 Expensive parser function count: 20/500 Unstrip recursion depth: 1/20 Unstrip post‐expand size: 90591/5000000 bytes Lua time usage: 0.664/10.000 seconds Lua memory usage: 9761624/52428800 bytes Number of Wikibase entities loaded: 18/400 --> <!-- Transclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template) 100.00% 1096.160 1 -total 30.38% 332.992 1 Template:Speciesbox 29.63% 324.776 1 Template:Taxobox/core 22.27% 244.128 1 Template:Reflist 14.32% 156.918 1 Template:Taxonbar 13.46% 147.554 1 Template:Strisores 13.15% 144.122 1 Template:Navbox_with_collapsible_groups 10.17% 111.523 2 Template:Cite_iucn 9.48% 103.888 22 Template:Navbox 5.75% 62.996 1 Template:Short_description --> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key enwiki:pcache:3246062:|#|:idhash:canonical and timestamp 20250313101754 and revision id 1273443150. Rendering was triggered because: page-view --> </div><!--esi <esi:include src="/esitest-fa8a495983347898/content" /> --><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&oldid=1273443150">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&oldid=1273443150</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:IUCN_Red_List_least_concern_species" title="Category:IUCN Red List least concern species">IUCN Red List least concern species</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Birds_described_in_1840" title="Category:Birds described in 1840">Birds described in 1840</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Birds_of_the_Northern_Andes" title="Category:Birds of the Northern Andes">Birds of the Northern Andes</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hummingbird_species_of_South_America" title="Category:Hummingbird species of South America">Hummingbird species of South America</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Trochilinae" title="Category:Trochilinae">Trochilinae</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Good_articles" title="Category:Good articles">Good articles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_%27species%27_microformats" title="Category:Articles with 'species' microformats">Articles with 'species' microformats</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons link from Wikidata">Commons link from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Taxonbars_with_automatically_added_original_combinations" title="Category:Taxonbars with automatically added original combinations">Taxonbars with automatically added original combinations</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 2 February 2025, at 08:34<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sword-billed_hummingbird&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia.svg" width="25" height="25" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" lang="en" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" width="88" height="31"><img src="/w/resources/assets/mediawiki_compact.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" lang="en" width="25" height="25" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container"> <div id="vector-sticky-header" class="vector-sticky-header"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-start"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" aria-hidden="true"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </button> </div> <div role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box"> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="vector-sticky-search-form" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia"> <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-sticky-header-toc-label" for="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="mw-page-title-main">Sword-billed hummingbird</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-end" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icons"> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-talk-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="talk-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-subject-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="subject-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-history-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="history-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink" id="ca-watchstar-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="watch-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="wikitext-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-ve-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-viewsource-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-protected-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock"></span> <span></span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-buttons"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector" id="p-lang-btn-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language"></span> <span>33 languages</span> </button> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive" id="ca-addsection-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="addsection-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive"></span> <span>Add topic</span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-end"> <div class="vector-user-links"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-portlet mw-portlet-dock-bottom emptyPortlet" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul> </ul> </div> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-554c98fbf9-stgpc","wgBackendResponseTime":180,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.960","walltime":"1.262","ppvisitednodes":{"value":10078,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":278502,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":7864,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":20,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":20,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":90591,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":18,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1096.160 1 -total"," 30.38% 332.992 1 Template:Speciesbox"," 29.63% 324.776 1 Template:Taxobox/core"," 22.27% 244.128 1 Template:Reflist"," 14.32% 156.918 1 Template:Taxonbar"," 13.46% 147.554 1 Template:Strisores"," 13.15% 144.122 1 Template:Navbox_with_collapsible_groups"," 10.17% 111.523 2 Template:Cite_iucn"," 9.48% 103.888 22 Template:Navbox"," 5.75% 62.996 1 Template:Short_description"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.664","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":9761624,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-b574f7ddb-s76gj","timestamp":"20250313101754","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Sword-billed hummingbird","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sword-billed_hummingbird","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q385548","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q385548","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2005-11-26T14:43:30Z","dateModified":"2025-02-02T08:34:54Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fa\/Sword-billed_hummingbird_%28male%29_at_Guango_Lodge%2C_Ecuador_%2821310837273%29.jpg","headline":"species of bird"}</script> </body> </html>