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Fiery-tailed awlbill

Avocettula recurvirostris (Swainson, 1822)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 4.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris)
Photo: Thibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fiery-tailed awlbill

Weight
4.2 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
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the fiery-tailed awlbill live?

Not recorded

What is the fiery-tailed awlbill?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Fiery-tailed awlbill” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fiery-tailed_awlbill&oldid=1360659099), 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 fiery-tailed awlbill endangered?

The fiery-tailed awlbill 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 fiery-tailed awlbill classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusAvocettula
  7. SpeciesAvocettula recurvirostris (Swainson, 1822)

Synonyms Anthracothorax recurvirostris, Avocettinus lessoni, Ornismya avocetta, Trochilus recurvirostris

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • مخرازي المنقار ناري الذيلArabic
  • colibrí mango bec d'alenaCatalan
  • kolibřík křivozobecCzech
  • picellbig cynffonfflamWelsh
  • Flammehalet SylnæbDanish
  • AvosettkolibriGerman
  • Schwarzbauch-AvosettkolibriGerman
  • flamvosta avocetkolibroEsperanto
  • Mango picoleznaSpanish
  • Colibrí Pico LeznaSpanish
  • kurvinokkakolibriFinnish
  • Mango avocetteFrench
  • Colibri avocetteFrench
  • šilokljuni kolibrićCroatian
  • gulipáncsőrű kolibriHungarian
  • Avocettina codaflammeaItalian
  • ヒメソリハシハチドリJapanese
  • juodapilvis mangasLithuanian
  • VuurstaartkluutkolibrieDutch
  • knaggnebbkolibriNorwegian
  • krzywodziobekPolish
  • beija-flor-de-bico-viradoPortuguese
  • colibri-alfaiate-amazónicoPortuguese
  • Курносый мангоRussian
  • Огненногорлый саблеклювRussian
  • jagavička krivozobáSlovak
  • Vatrorepi sabljokljuni kolibriSerbian
  • sylnäbbskolibriSwedish
  • Kalkık Gagalı KolibriTurkish
  • колібрі-манго шилодзьобийUkrainian
  • 翘嘴蜂鸟Chinese
  • 翹嘴蜂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the fiery-tailed awlbill

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 fiery-tailed awlbill?

An adult fiery-tailed awlbill weighs 4.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fiery-tailed awlbill endangered?

The fiery-tailed awlbill 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 fiery-tailed awlbill?

The fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fiery-tailed-awlbill

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BibTeX
@misc{fiery_tailed_awlbill_2026,
  title = {Fiery-tailed awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fiery-tailed-awlbill},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}