Anna's Hummingbird vs Marvelous Spatuletail

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Loddigesia mirabilis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird Marvelous Spatuletail
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Loddigesia mirabilis
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Near Threatened
الطول 10,0 cm (3.9 in)
طول الجناح 12,0 cm (4.7 in) 8,4 cm (3.3 in)
الوزن 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Nectarivore of northern Peruvian cloud forest. Visits Ericaceae and Alstroemeria flowers; supplements with small arthropods.
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
Marvelous Spatuletail
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
Marvelous Spatuletail 8,4 cm
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
Marvelous Spatuletail 3,0 g
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

Marvelous Spatuletail only

Anna's Hummingbird

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

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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.

Marvelous Spatuletail

الغناء

Extraordinarily high, thin squeak barely audible; minute twittering notes almost beyond perception, given rarely by male.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

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

Marvelous Spatuletail

Endemic to a small area of the Río Utcubamba valley in Amazonas region, Peru at 2,100–2,900 m. Endangered.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Near Threatened

Marvelous Spatuletail

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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

Marvelous Spatuletail

الريش

Emerald-bellied Puffleg: males with iridescent violet gorget; metallic emerald-green above; white belly; females green above; spots

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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.

Marvelous Spatuletail

One of the world's most extraordinary hummingbirds (10 cm body, males with 15 cm tail rackets). Males have two extremely long outer tail feathers ending in large, iridescent violet-blue discs. Endemic to a tiny area of northern Peru. Critically Endangered. Fewer than 1,000 individuals.

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