Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Photo: Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hummingbirds

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura

LCLeast Concern
Family
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Order
Apodiformes

Overview

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.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.