Anna's Hummingbird vs White-whiskered Hermit

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Phaethornis yaruqui

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird White-whiskered Hermit
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Phaethornis yaruqui
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) 11,9 cm (4.7 in)
الوزن 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 5,416666666666667 g (0.19 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
White-whiskered Hermit
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
White-whiskered Hermit 11,9 cm
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
White-whiskered Hermit 5,416666666666667 g
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

White-whiskered 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.

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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.

White-whiskered Hermit

الغناء

Gentle, melodic warbling with flowing phrases; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical progression through dappled forest.

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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.

White-whiskered Hermit

Endemic to the Pacific slope of Ecuador and northwestern Colombia in lowland humid forest. Sea level to 800 m elevation.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

White-whiskered Hermit

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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

White-whiskered Hermit

الريش

Eastern Long-tailed Hermit: forked blue-black tail; iridescent blue-green above; white postocular stripe; buff-white underparts; decurved bill

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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.

White-whiskered Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (13-15 cm) found in humid foothill forests of western Colombia and Ecuador. Dark plumage with white whisker-like throat stripes and long, white-tipped tail. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. A specialist of Chocó rainforest habitats.

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