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Long-tailed Sylph

Long-tailed Sylph standing on a branch at Río Blanco Reserva Natural in Caldas, Colombia.

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Long-tailed Sylph standing on a branch at Río Blanco Reserva Natural in Caldas, Colombia.

Striking hummingbird with an extremely long tail. The Male is mostly emerald green with a blue-green throat and long forked tail. The Female is much different, with a shorter tail, spotted throat, buffy belly, and short white moustache stripe. Primarily found on the east slope of the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia, in foothills and subtropical zones from 1,200–2,500 m. Occurs within cloud forest and at edges; visits feeders. Male is superficially similar to trainbearers but notes different habitats.

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OTHER
TRANSLATIONS
  • Langstaartnimf
  • Sylphe à queue d'azur
  • Silfo de King
CAMERA
EQUIPMENT
  • Fujifilm X-T3
  • Fujinon XF100-400mm F4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
  • None
  • Sirui P-424SR Monopod+Sirui L-10 Tilt Head
CAMERA
SETTINGS
  • 360mm
  • f/5.6
  • 1/500s
  • ISO1000
ABOUT
DIRK BECKERS

Dirk Beckers is a hobby wildlife & nature photographer living in Antwerp (Belgium). Fujifilm is mostly the gear I prefer but sometimes Nikon has a place in my bag. Aside from some exposure, sharpening, noise reduction and basic colour corrections, I don’t spend much time post-processing my photos. I believe that good photographs are accomplished outdoors, in the field, and not in front of the computer. That’s the essence of my photography. For more about me click here.

BIRD
IDENTIFICATION

Please be aware that I’m not an expert in Ornithology. I’m using the Merlin app from The Cornell Lab for bird identification, but if you think that there are still some mistakes with the names of the birds, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to make the necessary corrections!

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NOTICE

For non-commercial uses, my photos are free to share but if you are interested in using one of my photos for commercial purposes in a legal way, please contact me. If you use my photos for commercial purposes without my consent,  be aware that I do a regular reverse image search on a regular basis.