Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs White-sided Hillstar

Ocreatus addae مقارنةً بـ Oreotrochilus leucopleurus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Rufous-booted Racket-tail White-sided Hillstar
الاسم العلمي Ocreatus addae Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 13,6 cm (5.4 in)
الوزن 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 6,6 g (0.23 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Nectarivore foraging above treeline at sparse Ericaceae and Chuquiraga patches. Supplements with small arthropods.
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

White-sided Hillstar 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.

White-sided Hillstar

الغناء

Melodic, ascending phrase with hopeful character; smooth pure tones rising steadily in clear musical progression at dawn.

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.

White-sided Hillstar

Found in the Andes and Patagonian steppe of Argentina and Chile from 1,000–4,000 m. Partly migratory.

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

White-sided 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.

White-sided Hillstar

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) found in the southern Andes from Bolivia to Argentina at 2,500-4,500 m. Green plumage with white flanks. Nectarivore of puna grasslands and rocky slopes. Enters torpor nightly to survive cold Andean nights. Southern Andean near-endemic.

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