Anna's Hummingbird vs Blue-capped Puffleg

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Eriocnemis glaucopoides

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird Blue-capped Puffleg
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Eriocnemis glaucopoides
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول 10,0 cm (3.9 in)
طول الجناح 12,0 cm (4.7 in) 10,1 cm (4.0 in)
الوزن 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 3,75 g (0.13 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Nectarivore of Colombian Andes; fluffy leg tufts show during hover at Ericaceae blooms. Gleans small …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
Blue-capped Puffleg
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
Blue-capped Puffleg 10,1 cm
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
Blue-capped Puffleg 3,75 g

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

Blue-capped Puffleg only

Anna's Hummingbird

Chaparral, coastal sage scrub, gardens, parks, and open woodland along the Pacific coast. One of few hummingbirds not fully migratory.

Song & Call Comparison

Anna's Hummingbird

الغناء

Male produces a complex, scratchy song with buzzy 'dzzzzt' notes. Gives a nasal 'chee-chee-chee'. Males sing year-round, even in winter; one of few hummingbirds with true song.

Blue-capped Puffleg

الغناء

Buzzy, high-pitched trill barely audible; rapid soft vibration with insect-like quality during hovering near blossoms.

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

Western North America from southern British Columbia along the Pacific coast to Baja California. Range has expanded northward.

Blue-capped Puffleg

Endemic to Argentina and adjacent Bolivia in high Andean scrub and puna at 2,600–4,200 m elevation.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Blue-capped Puffleg

How to Tell Them Apart

Anna's Hummingbird

الريش

Metallic bronze-green upperparts. Males have an iridescent rose-red crown and gorget. Females have green upperparts with grey underparts and a small red gorget patch.

المنقار

Medium-length, straight, thin black bill

Blue-capped Puffleg

About These Birds

Anna's Hummingbird

Anna's hummingbird is the most common hummingbird along the Pacific coast and one of only three species resident in the United States year-round. Males perform spectacular dive displays, plummeting from 40 meters and pulling up with a loud chirp produced by tail feathers. Their body temperature can drop to near ambient at night to conserve energy.

Blue-capped Puffleg

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina at 2,000-3,500 m. Green plumage with blue crown and white leg puffs. Nectarivore of montane forest and cloud forest edges. The southernmost puffleg species.

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