Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Black-billed Streamertail

Ocreatus addae مقارنةً بـ Trochilus scitulus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rufous-booted Racket-tail Black-billed Streamertail
الاسم العلمي Ocreatus addae Trochilus scitulus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 13,0 cm (5.1 in)
الوزن 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 4,7 g (0.17 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore probing tubular flowers in humid forest. Supplements nectar diet with small insects and spiders …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

بلا

Black-billed Streamertail only

بلا

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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-billed Streamertail

الغناء

Buzzy, insect-like sustained trill; continuous high-frequency vibration with rapid modulation near nectar flowers.

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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-billed Streamertail

Endemic to the eastern Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Restricted to montane forest. Sometimes treated as subspecies.

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حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Black-billed Streamertail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

الريش

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

Black-billed Streamertail

الريش

Black-faced Coucal: glossy black head; rufous-brown wings; black underparts; red eye; long dark tail; sexually similar plumage

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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-billed Streamertail

A hummingbird (9-10 cm body + long tail streamers in males) endemic to the eastern Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Males similar to Red-billed Streamertail but with a black bill. Nectarivore of montane forest. Sometimes considered a subspecies of Red-billed Streamertail.

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