Straight-billed Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis bourcieri مقارنةً بـ Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Straight-billed Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
الاسم العلمي Phaethornis bourcieri Selasphorus sasin
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 11,0 cm (4.3 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
الوزن 4,2 g (0.15 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of long-tubed lowland flowers, especially Heliconia. Gleans small insects and spiders from leaf surfaces. Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Straight-billed Hermit only

بلا

Allen's Hummingbird only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Straight-billed Hermit

الغناء

Crisp, musical chip note with ringing quality; single bright note repeated at measured intervals from prominent perch.

Allen's Hummingbird

الغناء

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Straight-billed Hermit

Widespread in lowland Amazonia from Colombia and Venezuela south through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to Brazil. 0–800 m.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Straight-billed Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Straight-billed Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (13-15 cm) found in humid lowland forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia. Green plumage with a notably straight bill, unusual among hermits. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Named after the French naturalist Jules Bourcier.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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