Blue-capped Puffleg vs Allen's Hummingbird

Eriocnemis glaucopoides مقارنةً بـ Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Blue-capped Puffleg Allen's Hummingbird
الاسم العلمي Eriocnemis glaucopoides Selasphorus sasin
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 10,1 cm (4.0 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
الوزن 3,75 g (0.13 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Colombian Andes; fluffy leg tufts show during hover at Ericaceae blooms. Gleans small … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Blue-capped Puffleg only

Allen's Hummingbird only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Blue-capped Puffleg

الغناء

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

Allen's Hummingbird

الغناء

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-capped Puffleg

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

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Blue-capped Puffleg

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

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.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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