White-tailed Sabrewing vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Campylopterus ensipennis comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo White-tailed Sabrewing Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Campylopterus ensipennis Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Longitud — —
Envergadura 15,2 cm (6.0 in) —
Peso 9,866666666666667 g (0.35 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Feeds on nectar from highland forest flowers in Venezuela. Supplements diet with insects and spiders … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend — —

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

White-tailed Sabrewing only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Sabrewing

Canto

Rough, buzzy chatter with energetic rhythm; coarse notes delivered rapidly with raw buzzy texture from perch.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

White-tailed Sabrewing

Found in northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. Resident in humid forest undergrowth.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

Estado de conservación

Near Threatened

White-tailed Sabrewing

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-tailed Sabrewing

A large hummingbird (12-13 cm) found in humid forests of northeastern Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. Green plumage with white outer tail feathers. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Classified as Near Threatened in Venezuela; common on Trinidad and Tobago.

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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