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Black-tailed trainbearer

Lesbia victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.5 g to 5.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-tailed trainbearer

Weight
4.5 g – 5.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

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Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
Keith Gandy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the black-tailed trainbearer live?

Not recorded

What is the black-tailed trainbearer?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found between 2500 and 3800m in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-tailed trainbearer” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-tailed_trainbearer&oldid=1380567472), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-tailed trainbearer endangered?

The black-tailed trainbearer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-tailed trainbearer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusLesbia
  7. SpeciesLesbia victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Synonyms Trochilus victoriae

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • colibrí cua d'estel grosCatalan
  • sylfa královninaCzech
  • sylfa ViktoriinaCzech
  • sïedn cynffonnog duWelsh
  • Sorthalet SlæbbærerDanish
  • Victoria-SylpheGerman
  • SchwarzschwanzsylpheGerman
  • SchweifsylveGerman
  • nigravostega kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí colilargo mayorSpanish
  • Colibrí de Cola Larga NegraSpanish
  • isolaahuskolibriFinnish
  • Porte-traîne lesbieFrench
  • dugorepi kolibrićCroatian
  • ollósfarkú kolibriHungarian
  • Paggetto codaneraItalian
  • ミドリフタオハチドリJapanese
  • juodauodegė lesbijaLithuanian
  • ZwartstaartkomeetkolibrieDutch
  • svartslepkolibriNorwegian
  • paziak czarnosternyPolish
  • colibri-rabilongo-grandePortuguese
  • beija-flor-de-longa-cauda-negraPortuguese
  • beija-flor-de-longa-cauda-pretaPortuguese
  • Чернохвостая кометаRussian
  • Чернохвостая лесбияRussian
  • vrchárik čiernochvostýSlovak
  • chvostáčik čiernochvostýSlovak
  • Crnorepi kolibri sa kepomSerbian
  • Grönstjärtad slöjbärareSwedish
  • svartstjärtad släpkolibriSwedish
  • Uzun Kuyruklu KolibriTurkish
  • колібрі-довгохвіст бронзовийUkrainian
  • 黑带尾蜂鸟Chinese
  • 黑帶尾蜂鳥Chinese

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Relatives of the black-tailed trainbearer

Other species in the same genus Lesbia.

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Common questions

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How big is the black-tailed trainbearer?

An adult black-tailed trainbearer weighs 4.5 g – 5.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-tailed trainbearer endangered?

The black-tailed trainbearer is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-tailed trainbearer?

The black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-trainbearer

MLA

“Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-trainbearer.

BibTeX
@misc{black_tailed_trainbearer_2026,
  title = {Black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-tailed-trainbearer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}