Grey-breasted Sabrewing vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Campylopterus largipennis verglichen mit Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Grey-breasted Sabrewing Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Wissenschaftlicher Name Campylopterus largipennis Ocreatus addae
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Trochilidae Trochilidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Not Evaluated
Länge
Flügelspannweite 14,5 cm (5.7 in)
Gewicht 7,980000000000001 g (0.28 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Ernährung Feeds on nectar from Amazonian understory flowers, favouring Heliconia. Supplements diet with insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Gelegegröße 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Grey-breasted Sabrewing only

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Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Gesang

Soft, melodic warbling with gentle flowing quality; notes weaving smoothly in quiet musical phrase. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Gesang

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Resident in lowland forests.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Gefieder

Livingstone's Turaco: rich glossy green body; long green crest with white tips; white facial stripe; crimson flight feathers; red bill

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Gefieder

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

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About These Birds

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

A large hummingbird (13-15 cm) widely distributed in humid forests from Venezuela through Amazonia to Bolivia and Brazil. Grey breast, green plumage, and thickened outer wing feathers (the sabrewing trait). Nectarivore of forest undergrowth and edges.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

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