White-tailed Starfrontlet vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Coeligena phalerata verglichen mit Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal White-tailed Starfrontlet Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Wissenschaftlicher Name Coeligena phalerata Ocreatus addae
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Trochilidae Trochilidae
Erhaltungsstatus Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Länge — —
Flügelspannweite 14,1 cm (5.6 in) —
Gewicht 6,1 g (0.22 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Ernährung Nectarivore of restricted Colombian range; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads in humid cloud forest. Supplements with … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Starfrontlet

Gesang

Melodic, two-note ascending whistle; pure first tone rising to brighter second, given with clear projection from perch.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Gesang

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

Geographic Range & Migration

White-tailed Starfrontlet

Endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, in cloud forest and forest edge. 1,800–3,000 m.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Erhaltungsstatus

Near Threatened

White-tailed Starfrontlet

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-tailed Starfrontlet

A medium-sized hummingbird (13-14 cm) endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, at 1,800-3,000 m. Green plumage with white outer tail feathers. Nectarivore of montane forest. A Santa Marta endemic found nowhere else in the world.

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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