Streak-throated Hermit vs Allen's Hummingbird

Phaethornis rupurumii مقارنةً بـ Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Streak-throated Hermit Allen's Hummingbird
الاسم العلمي Phaethornis rupurumii Selasphorus sasin
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 8,6 cm (3.4 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
الوزن 3,1 g (0.11 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore and insectivore; extracts nectar from trap-lining flowers and hawks small flying insects in forest … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
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Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Streak-throated Hermit only

بلا

Allen's Hummingbird only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Streak-throated Hermit

الغناء

High, thin peep barely audible beyond few metres; delicate single note repeated softly with long intervals in between.

Allen's Hummingbird

الغناء

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Streak-throated Hermit

Found in the Guiana Shield from Venezuela and Guyana south through Amazonia to Bolivia. Resident in lowland forest along streams and rivers.

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

Streak-throated Hermit

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Streak-throated Hermit

الريش

Tiny; green-bronze upperparts; buff underparts with fine dark streaking on throat; pale supercilium; white-tipped central tail feathers; Guiana Shield species; streaked throat pattern distinguishes from other small hermits.

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Streak-throated Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in humid forests and forest edges of the Guiana Shield and southern Venezuela. Green plumage with streak-patterned throat and rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Often confused with Little Hermit in the field.

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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