Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Black-breasted Hillstar

Ocreatus addae مقارنةً بـ Oreotrochilus melanogaster

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rufous-booted Racket-tail Black-breasted Hillstar
الاسم العلمي Ocreatus addae Oreotrochilus melanogaster
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 14,4 cm (5.7 in)
الوزن 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 7,75 g (0.27 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Bolivian altiplano; forages at Ericaceae and Chuquiraga in arid puna. Takes small insects …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Black-breasted 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.

Black-breasted Hillstar

الغناء

Rapid, light chips in animated sequence; bright staccato notes with bouncy quality during active territorial display.

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.

Black-breasted Hillstar

Endemic to central and southern Peru in the Andes in puna grassland and scrub at 3,500–4,800 m elevation.

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Black-breasted 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.

Black-breasted Hillstar

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) found in the Andes of central Peru at 3,000-4,500 m. Males have a black breast contrasting with green upperparts and white belly. Nectarivore of puna grasslands and rocky slopes. An endemic of Peru's central Andean highlands.

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