An uncommon dry season visitor, rarely coming to the feeders but more often seen around the flowering trees by the patio or along the trails. The best way to find one is to wait by an Inga tree that is in bloom with fuzzy white flowers. The long tail of the males is shared only by Violet-tailed Sylph, but the Sylph has a violet, not green, tail, and is bronzy below, not all green. The female's tail is not so long as the male's but it is still distinctive. Black-tailed Trainbearers are very similar in shape and color, and could occur as vagrants. They have blacker upper-tails, but this is not easy to judge in the field. Bill shape is the most reliable character: straight and short in Green-tailed, longer and decurved in Black-tailed.

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