Skip to content
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Hummingbirds & swifts

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSwallow-tailed Hummingbird
DutchZwaluwstaartkolibrie
SpanishColibrí Golondrina
Chinese燕尾刀翅蜂鸟
Sranan Tongokorke (general name for the group)
Sranan Tongolonkriki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameEupetomena macroura (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)

About this species

The swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) is a species in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae), found mainly in east-central South America. Most authorities place it in the genus Eupetomena, although some place it in Campylopterus based on song and the thick shafts of the males' first primaries. Its common name and specific epithet (which means "large-tailed") both refer to the long, deeply forked, somewhat swallow-like tail.

Read more on Wikipedia · Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae
GenusEupetomena

In Suriname

50Records in Suriname
1970First record
2024Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini44

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

Spotted a mistake or know another local name? Tell us.

Related species in Suriname