Short-crested Coquette vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Lophornis brachylophus مقارنةً بـ Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Short-crested Coquette Rufous-booted Racket-tail
الاسم العلمي Lophornis brachylophus Ocreatus addae
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Critically Endangered Not Evaluated
الطول
طول الجناح 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
الوزن 2,7 g (0.10 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore specializing in small flowers of disturbed areas and edges. Supplements nectar with tiny arthropods … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Short-crested Coquette only

بلا

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Short-crested Coquette

الغناء

Rough, raspy buzz with coarse texture; sustained harsh sound with vibrating quality audible through dense vegetation.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

الغناء

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Geographic Range & Migration

Short-crested Coquette

Endemic to a small area of the Sierra de Atoyac in Guerrero, Mexico in cloud forest. 1,200–2,000 m. Critically endangered.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

حالة الحفاظ

Critically Endangered

Short-crested Coquette

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Short-crested Coquette

A tiny hummingbird (7 cm) endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Males have a short rufous crest. Green plumage. Nectarivore of humid montane forest. Critically Endangered with an extremely small range and declining habitat.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

More Birds to Explore

Explore the Nature FYI Family