Needle-billed Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis philippii مقارنةً بـ Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Needle-billed Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
الاسم العلمي Phaethornis philippii Selasphorus sasin
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 11,4 cm (4.5 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
الوزن 4,9 g (0.17 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore following trap-lining routes through Heliconia and Costus flowers. Catches small arthropods for protein. 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

Needle-billed Hermit only

بلا

Allen's Hummingbird only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Needle-billed Hermit

الغناء

Soft, whispered twittering with delicate quality; barely audible sequence of minute high notes almost lost in ambient sound.

Allen's Hummingbird

الغناء

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Needle-billed Hermit

Found in lowland rainforest of Peru and adjacent Bolivia in the upper Amazon basin. Sea level to 600 m elevation.

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

Needle-billed Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Needle-billed Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (12-14 cm) found in humid lowland forests from eastern Peru to western Brazil. Green plumage with rufous underparts and an unusually straight, needle-like bill for a hermit. Nectarivore of Amazonian forest undergrowth.

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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