Golden-bellied Starfrontlet vs White-whiskered Hermit

Coeligena bonapartei مقارنةً بـ Phaethornis yaruqui

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Golden-bellied Starfrontlet White-whiskered Hermit
الاسم العلمي Coeligena bonapartei Phaethornis yaruqui
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Trochilidae Trochilidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 15,0 cm (5.9 in) 11,9 cm (4.7 in)
الوزن 6,800000000000001 g (0.24 oz) 5,416666666666667 g (0.19 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore of Colombian and Venezuelan cloud forest; forages at Ericaceae and Clusia. Takes small insects … Nectarivore of dense undergrowth flowers. Regularly hawks small flying insects and gleans spiders to meet …
عدد البيض في الوضع 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet only

بلا

White-whiskered Hermit only

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Song & Call Comparison

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

الغناء

High, crystalline twittering with silvery sheen; rapid light notes cascading brightly in active display sequences.

White-whiskered Hermit

الغناء

Gentle, melodic warbling with flowing phrases; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical progression through dappled forest.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Found in cloud forest of the eastern Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela at 1,800–2,800 m.

White-whiskered Hermit

Endemic to the Pacific slope of Ecuador and northwestern Colombia in lowland humid forest. Sea level to 800 m elevation.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

Least Concern

White-whiskered Hermit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

الريش

Green-headed Hillstar: males with glittering green head; metallic green above; white underparts; females green above; spotted buff below

White-whiskered Hermit

الريش

Eastern Long-tailed Hermit: forked blue-black tail; iridescent blue-green above; white postocular stripe; buff-white underparts; decurved bill

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About These Birds

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet

A medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela to Colombia at 1,800-3,200 m. Males have a golden-yellow belly and iridescent green forehead. Nectarivore of montane forest and forest edges.

White-whiskered Hermit

A medium-sized hermit hummingbird (13-15 cm) found in humid foothill forests of western Colombia and Ecuador. Dark plumage with white whisker-like throat stripes and long, white-tipped tail. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. A specialist of Chocó rainforest habitats.

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