White-bellied Emerald vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chlorestes candida comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo White-bellied Emerald Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Chlorestes candida Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura
Peso 3,675 g (0.13 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Feeds on floral nectar in forest understory, hovering at Heliconia and bromeliads. Supplements with 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-bellied Emerald only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

White-bellied Emerald

Canto

Rapid, mechanical twittering; quick dry staccato notes tumbling freely in animated sequence near flowers.

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-bellied Emerald

Found in humid forests from Mexico through Central America to Colombia. Resident in lowland forest edges.

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

Least Concern

White-bellied Emerald

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-bellied Emerald

Colibrí de vientre blanco (Chlorestes candida), 8–9 cm. Partes superiores verde brillante; garganta verde o azulada; vientre blanco. Habita en selvas húmedas y bordes de bosque de América Central y el noroeste de América del Sur. Se alimenta de néctar de flores de sotobosque. Visita frecuentemente trampas de néctar.

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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