Scissor-tailed Hummingbird

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Scissor-tailed Hummingbird is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Scissor-tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca) is a bird species in the family Trochilidae, the only member of the genus Hylonympha. It is found only in Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was formerly classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN. But new research has shown it to be rarer than it was believed. Consequently, it is uplisted to Endangered status in 2008. More

The scissor-tailed hummingbird is endemic to the Paria Peninsula in north-east Venezuela (2) (5). View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Habitat - Inhabits humid forest with high trees, with records ranging from 500 to 1,200 metres above sea level (2) (5). More