Golden-breasted Puffleg vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Eriocnemis mosquera comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Golden-breasted Puffleg Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Eriocnemis mosquera Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Not Evaluated
Longitud — —
Envergadura 14,6 cm (5.7 in) —
Peso 5,625 g (0.20 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore of Ecuadorian western Andes; visits dense Ericaceae blooms at mid-elevations. Takes small 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

Golden-breasted Puffleg only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Golden-breasted Puffleg

Canto

Sharp, emphatic chip note; single clean staccato sound repeated at intervals from prominent perch near nectar 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

Golden-breasted Puffleg

Found in high Andean páramo and upper cloud forest from Colombia to Ecuador at 2,800–4,000 m elevation.

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

Golden-breasted Puffleg

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

Golden-breasted Puffleg

A small hummingbird (11-12 cm) found in Andean cloud forests from Colombia to Ecuador at 2,500-3,500 m. Males have an iridescent golden breast and white leg puffs. Nectarivore of montane forest and páramo edges. An attractive and relatively conspicuous puffleg.

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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