Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chalybura urochrysia comparado con Ocreatus addae

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Chalybura urochrysia Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura 13,0 cm (5.1 in)
Peso 6,55 g (0.23 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of humid Central American and Colombian lowland forest. Takes insects and spiders to supplement … Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from …
Tamaño de la puesta -- 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Canto

Thin, high-pitched chip barely audible; minute staccato notes cascading gently near dense flowering shrubbery.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Found in humid lowland forests from Honduras to Ecuador. Resident in Caribbean and Pacific lowland forests.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Plumaje

Buff-crested Bustard: pale buff-white below; brown-vermiculated above; black and white crest; males with erectile feathers; large

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Plumaje

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

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About These Birds

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Colibrí de pies morados (Chalybura urochrysia), 10–11 cm. Macho verde metálico brillante; flancos verde oscuro; pies lilas-rosados. Habita en bordes de selva húmeda de Costa Rica a Colombia y Ecuador. Se alimenta de néctar. Pies de coloración peculiar; carácter diagnóstico del género.

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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