Anna's Hummingbird vs Tapajos Hermit

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Phaethornis aethopygus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird Tapajos Hermit
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Phaethornis aethopygus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Vulnerable
الطول 10,0 cm (3.9 in)
طول الجناح 12,0 cm (4.7 in) 8,2 cm (3.2 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 … Nectar generalist visiting a wide range of forest flowers; also catches small arthropods by aerial …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 --
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
Tapajos Hermit
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
Tapajos Hermit 8,2 cm
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
Tapajos Hermit 3,0 g

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

Tapajos Hermit 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.

Tapajos Hermit

الغناء

Rapid, bubbling series of soft notes; pleasant liquid twittering reminiscent of water over pebbles in a shallow stream.

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

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

Tapajos Hermit

Found in the Amazon basin in Brazil, primarily along the Tapajós River and its tributaries. Resident in humid lowland forest undergrowth.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Vulnerable

Tapajos Hermit

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

Tapajos Hermit

الريش

Small hermit; bronze-green upperparts with orange-buff rump; pale buff underparts with faint streaking; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; Amazonian species recently split; orange-buff rump distinctive among small hermits.

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.

Tapajos Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found along the Tapajós River basin in central Brazil. Green plumage with rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Recently described as a species distinct from other Phaethornis hermits based on vocal and plumage differences.

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