Blue-mantled Thornbill vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chalcostigma stanleyi verglichen mit Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Blue-mantled Thornbill Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Wissenschaftlicher Name Chalcostigma stanleyi Ocreatus addae
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Trochilidae Trochilidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Not Evaluated
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 13,2 cm (5.2 in) —
Gewicht 5,2749999999999995 g (0.19 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Ernährung Nectarivore of Andean treeline scrub; visits Ericaceae and Brachyotum blooms. Supplements with small arthropods. Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Blue-mantled Thornbill

Gesang

Crisp, whistled notes in ascending sequence; clean bright tones stepping up smoothly in cheerful morning delivery.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Gesang

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-mantled Thornbill

Found in high Andean páramo from Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. 3,000–4,500 m elevation.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Blue-mantled Thornbill

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Blue-mantled Thornbill

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean páramo from Colombia to Bolivia at 3,500-4,800 m. Males have a blue-violet mantle and short bill. Nectarivore of high-altitude Chuquiraga and Puya flowers. Enters torpor nightly. One of the highest-living hummingbirds.

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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