Tooth-billed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Androdon aequatorialis مقارنةً بـ Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Tooth-billed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
الاسم العلمي Androdon aequatorialis Ocreatus addae
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Not Evaluated
الطول
طول الجناح 13,6 cm (5.4 in)
الوزن 7,220000000000001 g (0.25 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore with serrated bill tip adapted for piercing tough flower bases of Heliconia and bromeliads. … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Tooth-billed Hummingbird only

بلا

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

الغناء

Thin, wavering whistle with plaintive tone; soft note trembling gently then fading, issued from shaded canopy perch.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

الغناء

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Geographic Range & Migration

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Found in humid lowland forest on the Pacific slope from Panama south through Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. 0–600 m.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

A unique medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) with an upcurved, hook-tipped bill bearing tooth-like serrations, unique among hummingbirds. Dark green plumage. Found in humid Pacific lowland forests from Panama to western Ecuador. Nectarivore and insectivore. Poorly studied.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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