White-tailed Hummingbird vs Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Eupherusa poliocerca comparado con Ocreatus addae

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo White-tailed Hummingbird Rufous-booted Racket-tail
Nombre científico Eupherusa poliocerca Ocreatus addae
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Longitud
Envergadura 12,1 cm (4.8 in)
Peso 4,625 g (0.16 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Feeds on nectar from flowering shrubs and epiphytes. Catches small insects and spiders to meet … 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-tailed Hummingbird only

Ninguno

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

White-tailed Hummingbird

Canto

Harsh, buzzy chatter with emphatic rhythm; coarse rough notes delivered rapidly with raw buzzy texture.

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-tailed Hummingbird

Endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico. Classified as Vulnerable due to restricted range.

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

Near Threatened

White-tailed Hummingbird

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

About These Birds

White-tailed Hummingbird

A medium-sized hummingbird (10-11 cm) endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca, southwestern Mexico. Green plumage with white outer tail feathers. Nectarivore of montane forest. Classified as Vulnerable due to restricted range.

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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