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Bronze-tailed comet

Polyonymus caroli (Bourcier, 1847)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.4 g to 4.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli)
Photo: thibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the bronze-tailed comet

Weight
4.4 g – 4.8 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

Where does the bronze-tailed comet live?

Not recorded

What is the bronze-tailed comet?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is endemic to Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Bronze-tailed comet” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bronze-tailed_comet&oldid=1313974834), 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 bronze-tailed comet endangered?

The bronze-tailed comet 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.

How is the bronze-tailed comet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusPolyonymus
  7. SpeciesPolyonymus caroli (Bourcier, 1847)

Synonyms Trochilus caroli

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • colibrí de CarolCatalan
  • kometka vidloocasáCzech
  • kolibřík širokoocasýCzech
  • sïedn cynffonnog efyddWelsh
  • Bronzehalet KometDanish
  • RosenkehlsylpheGerman
  • BreitschwanzsylpheGerman
  • BreitschwanzsylveGerman
  • bronzvosta kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí colibronceSpanish
  • Cometa de Cola BronceadaSpanish
  • pensaskolibriFinnish
  • Colibri de BourcierFrench
  • Métallure de BourcierFrench
  • kolibrić kaktusarCroatian
  • bronzfarkú uszályoskolibriHungarian
  • Cometa codabronzoItalian
  • スミレフタオハチドリJapanese
  • paprastoji kometaLithuanian
  • bronsehalekolibriNorwegian Bokmål
  • BronsstaartkomeetkolibrieDutch
  • bronsestjertkolibriNorwegian
  • górokomecikPolish
  • colibri-cometa-bronzePortuguese
  • beija-flor-de-cauda-bronzeadaPortuguese
  • cometa-de-cauda-bronzeadaPortuguese
  • Колибри-кометаRussian
  • Бронзовохвостая кометаRussian
  • vrchárik agávovýSlovak
  • Kometa kolibri bronzanog repaSerbian
  • bronsstjärtskometSwedish
  • bronsstjärtad kometSwedish
  • Bronz Kuyruklu PeriTurkish
  • колібрі-кометаUkrainian
  • 銅尾慧星蜂鳥Chinese
  • 铜尾彗星蜂鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the bronze-tailed comet

Other species in the same family Trochilidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bronze-tailed comet?

An adult bronze-tailed comet weighs 4.4 g – 4.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bronze-tailed comet endangered?

The bronze-tailed comet 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 bronze-tailed comet?

The bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronze-tailed-comet

MLA

“Bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronze-tailed-comet.

BibTeX
@misc{bronze_tailed_comet_2026,
  title = {Bronze-tailed comet (Polyonymus caroli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronze-tailed-comet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}