Charming Hummingbird vs Allen's Hummingbird

Polyerata decora verglichen mit Selasphorus sasin

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Merkmal Charming Hummingbird Allen's Hummingbird
Wissenschaftlicher Name Polyerata decora Selasphorus sasin
Ordnung Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familie Trochilidae Trochilidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
Gewicht 4,335 g (0.15 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
Ernährung Visits flowering trees and epiphytes for nectar; supplements diet with small arthropods including gnats, midges, … Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Song & Call Comparison

Charming Hummingbird

Gesang

High, crystalline notes in animated ascending phrase; clear bright tones climbing smoothly in energetic display.

Allen's Hummingbird

Gesang

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Charming Hummingbird

Found in humid forests from Costa Rica to western Panama. Resident in lowland and foothill forest.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Charming Hummingbird

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Charming Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) found in humid forests from Costa Rica to western Panama. Green plumage with a blue breast. Nectarivore of forest edges. Closely related to Blue-chested Hummingbird. A Central American near-endemic.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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