Buff-tailed sicklebill
Eutoxeres condamini (Bourcier, 1851)
The buff-tailed sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 10 g to 11 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the buff-tailed sicklebill
- Weight
- 10 g – 11 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
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Where does the buff-tailed sicklebill live?
Not recorded
What is the buff-tailed sicklebill?
Epimachus albertisi, a bird-of-paradise from New Guinea, is also sometimes called "buff-tailed sicklebill".
The buff-tailed sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini) is a species of hermit hummingbird from the lower Andes and adjacent west Amazonian lowlands from southern Colombia and northern Ecuador to Peru and Bolivia.
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Is the buff-tailed sicklebill endangered?
The buff-tailed sicklebill is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the buff-tailed sicklebill classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusEutoxeres
- SpeciesEutoxeres condamini (Bourcier, 1851)
Synonyms Trochilus condamini
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- منجلي المنقار برتقالي الذيلArabic
- colibrí becfalcat cua-rogencCatalan
- Colibrí becfalçat cua-rogencCatalan
- kolibřík rusoocasýCzech
- Okkerhalet SeglnæbskolibriDanish
- Rotschwanz-SichelschnabelGerman
- Rotschwanz-AdlerschnabelGerman
- rufavosta ermitkolibroEsperanto
- Picohoz colicanelaSpanish
- Pico-de-Hoz de Cola CanelaSpanish
- pruun-sirpkoolibriEstonian
- ruskokoukkukolibriFinnish
- Bec-en-faucille de La CondamineFrench
- krivokljuni kolibrićCroatian
- Falcetto codacamoscioItalian
- アカオカマハシハチドリJapanese
- geltonuodegis kabliasnapisLithuanian
- rusthalesigderemittNorwegian Bokmål
- RoodstaarthaaksnavelkolibrieDutch
- ruststjertsigderemittNorwegian
- orłodziobek białosternyPolish
- bico-de-foice-de-cauda-canelaPortuguese
- beija-flor-azul-de-bico-de-foicePortuguese
- bico-de-foice-de-pontas-amareladasPortuguese
- Краснохвостый колибриRussian
- Краснохвостый орлиноклювRussian
- Краснохвостый орлиноклювый колибриRussian
- srpozobec okrovochvostýSlovak
- Srpokljuni kolibri svetlog repaSerbian
- roststjärtad liekolibriSwedish
- Darı Kuyruklu KıvrıkgagaTurkish
- ерміт-серподзьоб рудохвостийUkrainian
- 黃尾鐮嘴蜂鳥Chinese
- 黄尾镰嘴蜂鸟Chinese
Relatives of the buff-tailed sicklebill
Other species in the same genus Eutoxeres.

White-tipped sicklebill
Eutoxeres aquila
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the buff-tailed sicklebill?
An adult buff-tailed sicklebill weighs 10 g – 11 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the buff-tailed sicklebill endangered?
The buff-tailed sicklebill 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 buff-tailed sicklebill?
The buff-tailed sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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