Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Thomas Züchner and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 9, 2015
Text last updated February 9, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí bec d'espasa |
| Czech | kolibřík mečozobec |
| Dutch | Zwaardkolibrie |
| English | Sword-billed Hummingbird |
| English (United States) | Sword-billed Hummingbird |
| French | Colibri porte-épée |
| French (France) | Colibri porte-épée |
| German | Schwertschnabelkolibri |
| Icelandic | Sverðbríi |
| Japanese | ヤリハシハチドリ |
| Norwegian | sverdkolibri |
| Polish | mieczodziobek |
| Russian | Мечеклюв |
| Serbian | Kolibri mačonosac |
| Slovak | dlhozobec vrchovský |
| Spanish | Colibrí Picoespada |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Colibrí Picoespada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Colibrí Pico-Espada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí picoespada |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Colibrí Pico Espada |
| Swedish | svärdnäbb |
| Turkish | Kılıç Gagalı Kolibri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-списодзьоб |
Ensifera ensifera (Boissonneau, 1840)
PROTONYM:
Ornismya ensifera
Boissonneau, 1840. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 2(1839), p.354.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bogota, Colombia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ENSIFERA
- ensifera
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Sword-billed Hummingbird
