Anna's Hummingbird vs White-tailed Emerald

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Microchera chionura

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird White-tailed Emerald
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Microchera chionura
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)
الوزن 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 3,2 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Visits flowering trees and epiphytes for nectar; supplements diet with small arthropods including gnats, midges, …
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
White-tailed Emerald
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
White-tailed Emerald
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
White-tailed Emerald 3,2 g

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

White-tailed Emerald 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.

White-tailed Emerald

الغناء

Melodic, flute-like phrase with warm timbre; smooth notes flowing in relaxed quiet progression at forest edge.

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-tailed Emerald

Found in humid forests of western Panama and extreme western Colombia. Resident in lowland and foothill forest.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

White-tailed Emerald

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-tailed Emerald

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-tailed Emerald

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in humid forests of western Panama and extreme western Colombia. Green plumage with white outer tail feathers. Nectarivore of forest edges. Closely related to Coppery-headed Emerald. A Central American near-endemic.

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