Known from the discs' own bird lists

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

eupetomena macroura

Trochilidae

Disc 2 · 2001 listed
Disc 3 · 2006 listed
Disc 1 · 2011 listed

Account on Disc 1 · 2011 only

The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.

From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision

Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011

This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.

Description Disc 1 · 2011

15-17 cm. A large agressive hummingbird with a slightly curved black bill; head, throat and breast deep violet blue; upperparts and underparts blue green or shining bronzy green; blue tail deeply forked, 7-9 cm.

The female is duller.

The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011

Voice Disc 1 · 2011

Call "tsisi" repeatedly, song weak "zi..zi..zi..ze..zi".

Behavior Disc 1 · 2011

Stationary. Defends nectar-rich sources, also hawks for insects.

Breeding Disc 1 · 2011

October-March.

Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011

Common in open shrubby savannah, open forest, gardens, parks and plantations, forest edge. Sea level to 1500 meters.

Distribution Disc 1 · 2011

Throughout.

The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.

The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.

More images

The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011

Which discs list this bird

Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list

How that was established

Disc 2 · 2001: aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1
Disc 3 · 2006: aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1
Disc 1 · 2011: aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1

The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.

Historical checklist participation

Disc 2 · 2001

Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; FZSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; VASB.CKD

Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD

Disc 3 · 2006

Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; BRSB.CKD; FZSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; NUSP.CKD; PARB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; VASB.CKD

Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd

Disc 1 · 2011