Grey-tailed Mountain-gem vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Lampornis cinereicauda verglichen mit Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Grey-tailed Mountain-gem Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Wissenschaftlicher Name Lampornis cinereicauda Ocreatus addae
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Trochilidae Trochilidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Not Evaluated
Länge
Flügelspannweite 12,4 cm (4.9 in)
Gewicht 5,425 g (0.19 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Ernährung Nectarivore of Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forest; forages at Ericaceae and Salvia. Gleans small … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
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Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Grey-tailed Mountain-gem

Gesang

Sharp, crackling chatter with percussive quality; rapid dry notes delivered forcefully near active territory boundary.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Gesang

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Grey-tailed Mountain-gem

Found in highland forest of Costa Rica, primarily the Pacific slope Talamanca range. 1,200–2,400 m.

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

Grey-tailed Mountain-gem

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Grey-tailed Mountain-gem

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the Talamanca highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,400-2,500 m. Males have green plumage with a grey tail. Nectarivore of cloud forest. Closely related to Purple-throated Mountain-gem.

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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