Anna's Hummingbird vs Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Calypte anna مقارنةً بـ Nesophlox lyrura

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Anna's Hummingbird Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
الاسم العلمي Calypte anna Nesophlox lyrura
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) 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
الوزن 4,3 g (0.15 oz) 2,425 g (0.09 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Visits a wide variety of native and ornamental flowering … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Size Comparison

Body Length
Anna's Hummingbird 10,0 cm
Lyre-tailed Hummingbird
طول الجناح
Anna's Hummingbird 12,0 cm
Lyre-tailed Hummingbird 8,0 cm
الوزن
Anna's Hummingbird 4,3 g
Lyre-tailed Hummingbird 2,425 g

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Anna's Hummingbird only

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird 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.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

الغناء

Sharp, emphatic chip note with metallic quality; single clean staccato sound repeated at measured intervals.

Geographic Range & Migration

Anna's Hummingbird

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

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to Jamaica. Resident in forests and gardens across the island from lowlands to highlands.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Anna's Hummingbird

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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.

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to Jamaica. Males have a deeply forked, lyre-shaped tail. Green plumage. Nectarivore of forest and garden flowers. Recently split from Bahama Woodstar. A Jamaican near-endemic.

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