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title: "Black-tailed Trainbearer"
description: "Lesbia victoriae — Uccelli. The black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-tailed-trainbearer
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-tailed Trainbearer

> Lesbia victoriae — Uccelli. The black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

- Scientific name: *Lesbia victoriae*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1876
- Wikidata: [Q931643](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q931643)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6023](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6023)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Trainbearer
- de: Schwarzschwanzsylphe
- es: Colibrí Colilargo Mayor
- fr: Porte-traîne lesbie
- nl: Zwartstaartkomeetkolibrie
- pt: Beija-flor-de-longa-cauda-negra
- pl: Paziak czarnosterny

## Countries with the most observations

EC (982), CO (269), PE (59)

## Summary

The black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found between 2500 and 3800m in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_trainbearer

## Photo

![Black-tailed Trainbearer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-trainbearer/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252629363

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tailed-trainbearer?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).