Blue-capped Puffleg vs Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

Eriocnemis glaucopoides comparado con Lampornis amethystinus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Blue-capped Puffleg Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem
Nombre científico Eriocnemis glaucopoides Lampornis amethystinus
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 10,1 cm (4.0 in) 13,1 cm (5.2 in)
Peso 3,75 g (0.13 oz) 5,6000000000000005 g (0.20 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Colombian Andes; fluffy leg tufts show during hover at Ericaceae blooms. Gleans small … Nectarivore of Mexican and Central American montane pine-oak forest; visits Ericaceae and Salvia. Gleans arthropods.
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Blue-capped Puffleg only

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Blue-capped Puffleg

Canto

Buzzy, high-pitched trill barely audible; rapid soft vibration with insect-like quality during hovering near blossoms.

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

Canto

Pure, sustained flute-like tone held steady; single clear note with barely perceptible vibrato in tropical shade.

Geographic Range & Migration

Blue-capped Puffleg

Endemic to Argentina and adjacent Bolivia in high Andean scrub and puna at 2,600–4,200 m elevation.

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

Found in montane forest from Mexico south through Guatemala and Honduras to El Salvador. 1,000–3,200 m.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Blue-capped Puffleg

Least Concern

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

About These Birds

Blue-capped Puffleg

A small hummingbird (10-11 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina at 2,000-3,500 m. Green plumage with blue crown and white leg puffs. Nectarivore of montane forest and cloud forest edges. The southernmost puffleg species.

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

El colibrí de garganta amatista es un colibrí montano de México y Guatemala con garganta violeta-amatista brillante en el macho.

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