Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Ecuadorian Piedtail

Ocreatus addae مقارنةً بـ Phlogophilus hemileucurus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rufous-booted Racket-tail Ecuadorian Piedtail
الاسم العلمي Ocreatus addae Phlogophilus hemileucurus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 10,0 cm (3.9 in)
الوزن 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 2,56 g (0.09 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore of Andean foothill undergrowth; visits small epiphyte and Heliconia flowers. Supplements with arthropods.
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

بلا

Ecuadorian Piedtail only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

الغناء

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

Ecuadorian Piedtail

الغناء

High, crystalline notes in musical phrase; clear bright sequence ascending smoothly in cheerful morning vocalisation.

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.

Ecuadorian Piedtail

Found on both Andean slopes in Ecuador in humid foothill and lower montane forest. 400–1,600 m elevation.

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Ecuadorian Piedtail

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.

Ecuadorian Piedtail

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,000 m. Green plumage with white-tipped tail and dusky breast. Nectarivore of montane forest. Found in dense, mossy cloud forest understory. Uncommon.

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