Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
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Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Madidi National Park
3 Verified records at Madidi National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) is a species in the hummingbird family (Trochilidae), found mainly in east-central South America. Most authorities place it in the genus Eupetomena, although some place it in Campylopterus based on song and the thick shafts of the males' first primaries. Its common name and specific epithet (which means "large-tailed") both refer to the long, deeply forked, somewhat swallow-like tail. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Madidi National Park

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Fork-tailed Woodnymph

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Thalurania furcata

10–20% · With luck
Gray-breasted Sabrewing
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Gray-breasted Sabrewing

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Campylopterus largipennis

10–20% · With luck
Many-spotted Hummingbird
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Many-spotted Hummingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Taphrospilus hypostictus

10–20% · With luck
Great-billed Hermit
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Great-billed Hermit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaethornis malaris

10–20% · With luck
Reddish Hermit
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Reddish Hermit

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phaethornis ruber

5–10% · With luck
White-necked Jacobin
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White-necked Jacobin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Florisuga mellivora

5–10% · With luck
Violet-headed Hummingbird
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Violet-headed Hummingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Klais guimeti

5–10% · With luck
White-chinned Sapphire
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White-chinned Sapphire

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorestes cyanus

5–10% · With luck
Long-billed Starthroat
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Long-billed Starthroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Heliomaster longirostris

5–10% · With luck
Golden-tailed Sapphire
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Golden-tailed Sapphire

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chrysuronia oenone

5–10% · With luck
Black-eared Fairy
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Black-eared Fairy

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Heliothryx auritus

5–10% · With luck
Blue-tailed Emerald
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Blue-tailed Emerald

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorostilbon mellisugus

5–10% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Swallow-tailed Hummingbird at Madidi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
40–50%
2 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
40–50%
3 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
30–40%
4 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
20–30%
5 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
20–30%
6 Chapada Diamantina National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
20–30%
7 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
5–10%
8 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
9 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
10 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
11 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
12 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
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