Longuemare's Sunangel vs Rubinkehlkolibri

Heliangelus clarisse verglichen mit Archilochus colubris

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Longuemare's Sunangel Rubinkehlkolibri
Wissenschaftlicher Name Heliangelus clarisse Archilochus colubris
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Trochilidae Trochilidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge 8,5 cm (3.3 in)
Flügelspannweite 12,5 cm (4.9 in) 11,0 cm (4.3 in)
Gewicht 5,5 g (0.19 oz) 3,1 g (0.11 oz)
Ernährung Nectarivore of Andean elfin forest; visits Brachyotum and Ericaceae flowers. Catches small flies near flowering … Nectar from tubular flowers, supplemented with small insects and spiders for protein. Feeds at over …
Gelegegröße 2 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Longuemare's Sunangel
Rubinkehlkolibri 8,5 cm
Flügelspannweite
Longuemare's Sunangel 12,5 cm
Rubinkehlkolibri 11,0 cm
Gewicht
Longuemare's Sunangel 5,5 g
Rubinkehlkolibri 3,1 g
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Rubinkehlkolibri

Deciduous and mixed forests, woodland edges, gardens, and parks with flowering plants. Migrates across the Gulf of Mexico.

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Song & Call Comparison

Longuemare's Sunangel

Gesang

Bright, musical chips in rapid succession; cheerful staccato notes with buoyant quality announcing territory boundaries.

Rubinkehlkolibri

Gesang

Soft, high-pitched chattering and twittering 'chee-dit'. Also produces a thin 'tik' call in flight. Wing beats create an audible high-pitched humming buzz during hovering.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Longuemare's Sunangel

Endemic to the Venezuelan Andes in Mérida and Táchira states in cloud forest. 2,000–3,200 m elevation.

Rubinkehlkolibri

Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. Winters in Central America and southern Mexico.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Longuemare's Sunangel

Least Concern

Rubinkehlkolibri

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How to Tell Them Apart

Longuemare's Sunangel

Gefieder

Scaled Metaltail: males with glittering violet gorget; metallic green crown; white pectoral tufts; females with scaled underparts below

Rubinkehlkolibri

Gefieder

Metallic green upperparts and greyish-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent ruby-red gorget that appears black in poor light. Females lack the gorget.

Schnabel

Long, straight, thin black bill adapted for probing flowers

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About These Birds

Longuemare's Sunangel

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean cloud forests of Venezuela and Colombia at 1,800-3,000 m. Males have an iridescent green and purple throat. Green plumage. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth. Named after the French ornithologist Longuemare.

Rubinkehlkolibri

Der Rubinkehlkolibri ist der einzige im Osten Nordamerikas brütende Kolibri. Diese winzigen Vögel schlagen mit ihren Flügeln etwa 53 Mal pro Sekunde und können rückwärts, seitwärts und sogar kurzzeitig kopfüber fliegen. Auf ihrem Zug überqueren sie den Golf von Mexiko in einem außergewöhnlichen, ununterbrochenen Flug von 800 km.

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