Sword-billed Hummingbird vs White-browed Hermit

Ensifera ensifera comparado con Phaethornis stuarti

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sword-billed Hummingbird White-browed Hermit
Nombre científico Ensifera ensifera Phaethornis stuarti
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 15,3 cm (6.0 in) 7,2 cm (2.8 in)
Peso 12,75 g (0.45 oz) 2,48 g (0.09 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore uniquely adapted to extremely long flowers of Passiflora and Datura. Supplements with small insects … Nectarivore trap-lining Heliconia patches in humid lowland forest. Supplements with arthropods for breeding protein demands.
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Sword-billed Hummingbird only

White-browed Hermit only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Canto

Thin, reedy whistle with plaintive character; soft nasal tone held briefly then gently fading in mist.

White-browed Hermit

Canto

Deep, resonant trill with powerful carrying quality; rich vibrating sound audible at great distance in still air.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Found in Andean cloud forests from Venezuela south through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 1,700–3,500 m.

White-browed Hermit

Endemic to Bolivia and adjacent southwestern Brazil in the Amazon basin. Found in lowland forest at 150–600 m elevation.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Least Concern

White-browed Hermit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Plumaje

Olivaceous Thornbill: males with iridescent purple gorget; metallic olive-bronze above; white underparts; females green above; spots

White-browed Hermit

Plumaje

Straight-billed Hermit: rufous underparts; olive-brown crown; broad white postocular stripe; elongated whitish tail; distinctively straight bill

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About These Birds

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Colibrí portaespada, 17-22 cm (pico hasta 10 cm). El pico más largo en relación con el cuerpo de cualquier ave. Verde iridiscente. Habita bosques nublados andinos. Polinizador especializado. Preocupación menor.

White-browed Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean foothill forests from Peru to Bolivia at 800-1,800 m elevation. Green plumage with white eyebrow stripe and buffy underparts. Nectarivore of cloud forest undergrowth. Named after the Austrian naturalist Karl Stuart.

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