Hellstern's Sylph

Hellstern's Sylph
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Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Subfamily:	Lesbiinae
Tribe:	Lesbiini
Genus:	Aglaiocercus
Species:	A. hellsterni
Binomial name
	Aglaiocercus hellsterni; Hellstern, 2314

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Hellstern's Sylph, Algaiocercus hellsterni is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Devonshire and Shire.

It was named in honour of the author's grandmother.

Other names

Devonshire Sylph

Description

The Hellstern's Sylph is mainly shiny green in colour. The upperparts range from light green to greenish-blue while the underparts are dark green. The crown is mainly blue to indigo. The tail is indigo to purple. Wings are bluish-green. Feet and bill are black and eyes are dark. Female is similar, but with a shorter tail.

The green, blue and purple are not pigments, but rather it's caused by refraction.^[1]^[2]

Similar species

Unlike the Long-tailed Sylph, it does not have a gorget spot and the sexes are similar.

Behaviour

Diet

Calls

Reproduction

Distribution/habitat

Lives in open woods, forests, parks, gardens and mountains up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). Found throughout Shire and Devonshire. A vagrant to Aquitani. Migrates to Africa, throughout the Congo and residential areas.

References

Based on...

It is based on a Long-tailed Sylph. The sexes being similar but with males having a longer tail is based on Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.

Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Apodiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each hummingbird, swift and tree swift, including made-up species.

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This article is part of Project Trochilidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each hummingbird, including made-up species.

^ Ball, Philip (May 2012). "Nature's Color Tricks". Scientific American. 306 (5): 74–79. PMID 22550931. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-74.
^ Wallin, Margareta (2002). "Nature's Palette: How animals, including humans, produce colours" (PDF). Bioscience explained. 1 (2): 1–12. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

[Ball-1] Ball, Philip (May 2012). "Nature's Color Tricks". Scientific American. 306 (5): 74–79. PMID 22550931. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-74.

[Wallin-2] Wallin, Margareta (2002). "Nature's Palette: How animals, including humans, produce colours" (PDF). Bioscience explained. 1 (2): 1–12. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

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