Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Tepui Goldenthroat
Ocreatus addae مقارنةً بـ Polytmus milleri
Side-by-Side Comparison
| السمة | Rufous-booted Racket-tail | Tepui Goldenthroat |
|---|---|---|
| الاسم العلمي | Ocreatus addae | Polytmus milleri |
| الرتبة | Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgiformes |
| الفصيلة | Trochilidae | Trochilidae |
| حالة الحفاظ | Not Evaluated | Least Concern |
| الطول | — | — |
| طول الجناح | — | 12,8 cm (5.0 in) |
| الوزن | 3,0 g (0.11 oz) | 4,76 g (0.17 oz) |
| النظام الغذائي | Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … | Nectarivore visiting tepui shrub flowers and lowland grasses. Supplements nectar with small arthropods gleaned from … |
| عدد البيض في الوضع | 2 | 2 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.
Tepui Goldenthroat
Pure, bell-like tone with long resonance; single clear note ringing out then slowly fading in open woodland.
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.
Tepui Goldenthroat
Found on tepui plateaus of Venezuela and adjacent Guyana and Brazil in open highland vegetation. 1,200–2,800 m.
حالة الحفاظ
Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Tepui Goldenthroat
How to Tell Them Apart
Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below
Tepui Goldenthroat
Rufous-throated Sapphire: males with shining rufous throat; bronze-green back; white pectoral tufts; females green above with rufous throat
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.
Tepui Goldenthroat
A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the tepui highlands of southern Venezuela and adjacent Guyana. Green plumage with a golden throat. Nectarivore of tepui scrub and forest edges. Restricted to the Pantepui region above 1,000 m. Poorly known.