White-bellied Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Elliotomyia chionogaster comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo White-bellied Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Elliotomyia chionogaster Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura
Peso 5,525 g (0.19 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Hovering nectarivore of lowland and montane forest, probing Heliconia and garden flowers. Supplements with insects … 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 Hummingbird only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

White-bellied Hummingbird

Canto

Melodic, rolling phrase with rich bubbly timbre; warm notes tumbling loosely in pleasant continuous sequence.

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 Hummingbird

Found in Andean highlands from Peru to Argentina at 2,000-4,000 m. Resident in montane scrub and Polylepis woodland.

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 Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-bellied Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in Andean highlands from Peru to Argentina at 2,000-4,000 m. Green plumage with white belly. Nectarivore of montane scrub, gardens, and Polylepis woodland. A common high-altitude hummingbird.

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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