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Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Hylonympha macrocerca Gould, J 1873

The scissor-tailed hummingbird is a bird species in the family Trochilidae, the only member of the genus Hylonympha. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Hylonympha
Scientific:
  Hylonympha macrocerca

Original description

Citation:
  Gould, J 1873

Reference:
   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), 12 p.429

Protonym:
  Hylonympha macrocerca

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214437

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E61807144853409B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E6180714

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E6180714

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555207


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Hylonympha macrocerca: NE Venezuela (mountains of Paría Peninsula)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
Catalan:
Colibrí cua de tisora
Czech:
kolibřík lesní
Danish:
Pariasakshale
German:
Scherenschwanznymphe
Spanish:
Colibrí Tijereta
Spanish (Spain):
Colibrí Tijereta
Finnish:
pihtipyrstökolibri
French:
Colibri à queue en ciseaux
Croatian:
rašljastorepa smaragdnica
Hungarian:
Paria-kolibri
Italian:
Colibrì codaforbice
Japanese (romaji):
hasamiohachidori
Japanese:
ハサミオハチドリ
Lithuanian:
Venesuelinė miškinė nimfa
Dutch:
Bosnimfkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Saksekolibri
Norwegian:
Saksekolibri
Polish:
nożycosterek
Portuguese:
beija-flor-cauda-de-tesoura
Russian:
Лесная нимфа
Slovak:
medovec lesný
Swedish:
saxstjärtskolibri
Ukrainian:
Колібрі-німфа лісовий
Chinese:
剪尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
鉸尾蜂鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Colibri à queue en ciseaux ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Colibri à queue en ciseaux ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 1st edition:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2021:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2022:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 3rd edition:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 4th edition:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2015:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2016:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2017:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2018:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Clements, version 2019:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 1.50:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 1.52:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 1.53:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 1.54:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 1.55:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2015:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2016:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2017:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2018:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2019:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2021:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
eBird version 2022:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Hylonympha macrocerca
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Hylonympha macrocerca
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Hylonympha macrocerca
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird ( Hylonympha macrocerca)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hylonympha macrocerca
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hylonympha macrocerca

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Colibrí cua de tisora
Czech: Kolibrík lesní, kolibřík lesní
Danish: Pariasakshale
German: Grünbrustnymphe, Scherenschwanznymphe, Waldnymphe
English: Scissor tailed Hummingbird, Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
English, HBW: Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
English (IOC): Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
English (United States): Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
Spanish: Colibrí Tijereta
Spanish (Spain): Colibrí Tijereta
Spanish (HBW): Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
Spanish (Venezuela): Colibrí Tijereta
Estonian: käärsaba-koolibri
Finnish: Pihtipyrstökolibri
French: Brillant à queue en ciseaux, Colibri à queue en ciseaux
Croatian: rašljastorepa smaragdnica
Hungarian: Paria-kolibri
Italian: Colibrì codaforbice, Colibrì codaforcuta
Japanese (romaji): hasamiohachidori
Japanese: ハサミオハチドリ
Scientific: Hylonympha macrocerca
Lithuanian: Venesuelinė miškinė nimfa
Dutch: Bosnimfkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Saksekolibri
Norwegian: Saksekolibri
Polish: nozycosterek, nożycosterek
Portuguese: beija-flor-cauda-de-tesoura
Portuguese (Portugal): colibri-tesoura-azul
Russian: Лесная нимфа
Slovak: medovec lesný
Swedish: Saxstjärtskolibri
Turkish: Makas kuyruklu kolibri
Tatar: чебенкош-урман алиһәсе (< колибри-лесная нимфа)
Ukrainian: Колібрі-німфа лісовий
Chinese: *剪尾蜂鸟, 剪尾蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 鉸尾蜂鳥

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