Short-tailed Emerald vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Chlorostilbon poortmani comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Short-tailed Emerald Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Chlorostilbon poortmani Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura 8,2 cm (3.2 in)
Peso 3,5 g (0.12 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Feeds on nectar from scrub and forest-edge flowers in Colombia and Venezuela. Supplements with small … 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

Short-tailed Emerald only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Short-tailed Emerald

Canto

Thin, reedy chip note with soft delivery; barely audible single staccato sound given from dense cover.

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Canto

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Short-tailed Emerald

Found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Venezuela at 1,500-2,800 m elevation. Resident in montane forest.

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

Short-tailed Emerald

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Short-tailed Emerald

A small hummingbird (7-8 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Venezuela at 1,500-2,800 m. Green plumage with a notably short tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth and edges. Named for its unusually short tail for an emerald.

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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