Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird vs Allen's Hummingbird

Schistes albogularis مقارنةً بـ Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird
الاسم العلمي Schistes albogularis 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 3,925 g (0.14 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
النظام الغذائي Nectarivore visiting Centropogon and other understory flowers in Andean foothills. Gleans small insects from flowers … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
عدد البيض في الوضع -- 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird only

بلا

Allen's Hummingbird only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

الغناء

Bright, musical series of ascending notes; cheerful rising phrase with clear quality delivered repeatedly at dawn.

Allen's Hummingbird

الغناء

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Found on the western Andean slope in Colombia and Ecuador in cloud forest at 900–2,100 m elevation. Resident.

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

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Western Wedge-billed Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador at 1,000-2,500 m. Green plumage with a distinctive wedge-shaped bill and white throat. Nectarivore of forest canopy and edges. Recently split from Eastern Wedge-billed Hummingbird.

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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