Anna's Hummingbird vs Brown Inca

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Coeligena wilsoni

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird Brown Inca
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Coeligena wilsoni
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) 14,3 cm (5.6 in)
الوزن 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 6,88 g (0.24 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Nectarivore of Colombian and Ecuadorian cloud forest; defends Ericaceae territories. Supplements with small arthropods.
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
Brown Inca
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
Brown Inca 14,3 cm
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
Brown Inca 6,88 g

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

Brown Inca 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.

Brown Inca

الغناء

Bright, musical rolling trill; cheerful bubbly notes cascading pleasantly from flowering shrub in Andean valley.

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

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

Brown Inca

Found on the Pacific slope and western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador at 700–2,000 m. Fairly common.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Brown Inca

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

Brown Inca

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.

Brown Inca

A medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) found in cloud forests of the western Andes from Colombia to Ecuador at 800-2,200 m. Dark brown plumage with rufous wing patches. Nectarivore of Chocó cloud forest undergrowth. Closely related to Bronzy Inca.

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