Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Blue-throated Hillstar

Ocreatus addae مقارنةً بـ Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rufous-booted Racket-tail Blue-throated Hillstar
الاسم العلمي Ocreatus addae Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Critically Endangered
الطول
طول الجناح
الوزن 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 7,6 g (0.27 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore adapted to very high elevations; forages at Chuquiraga, Gentianella, and Puya flowers. Gleans arthropods.
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Blue-throated Hillstar only

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

الغناء

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

Blue-throated Hillstar

الغناء

Buzzy, sustained trill with monotonous quality; continuous low-pitched vibration with little variation across prolonged delivery.

Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Blue-throated Hillstar

Endemic to the Cordillera de Chilla region of extreme southwestern Ecuador in high páramo. 3,200–4,200 m. Endangered.

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Critically Endangered

Blue-throated Hillstar

About These Birds

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.

Blue-throated Hillstar

A recently discovered hummingbird (11 cm) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador at 3,300-3,900 m. Males have an iridescent blue throat. Described in 2018. Known from a single ridgeline. Critically Endangered with a range estimated at less than 100 km2.

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