Long-tailed Sylph

Aglaiocercus kingii

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Aglaiocercus
eBird Code
lotsyl1

Subspecies (6)

  • Aglaiocercus kingii caudatus

    Andes of northern Colombia and western Venezuela

  • Aglaiocercus kingii emmae

    central and western Andes of Colombia to northwestern Ecuador

  • Aglaiocercus kingii kingii

    eastern Andes of Colombia

  • Aglaiocercus kingii margarethae

    mountains of north-central and coastal Venezuela

  • Aglaiocercus kingii mocoa

    central Andes of southern Colombia to Ecuador and northern Peru

  • Aglaiocercus kingii smaragdinus

    eastern Andes of Peru and Yungas of western Bolivia

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.