Lyre-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Nesophlox lyrura مقارنةً بـ Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Lyre-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
الاسم العلمي Nesophlox lyrura Ocreatus addae
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Not Evaluated
الطول
طول الجناح 8,0 cm (3.1 in)
الوزن 2,425 g (0.09 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird only

بلا

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

الغناء

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

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

الغناء

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

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

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Lyre-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

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.

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.

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