Black Jacobin vs Allen's Hummingbird

Florisuga fusca comparado con Selasphorus sasin

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Black Jacobin Allen's Hummingbird
Nombre científico Florisuga fusca Selasphorus sasin
Orden Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familia Trochilidae Trochilidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 15,2 cm (6.0 in) 8,1 cm (3.2 in)
Peso 8,0 g (0.28 oz) 3,1500000000000004 g (0.11 oz)
Dieta Nectarivore trap-lining low-forest flowers; catches small insects and spiders gleaned from leaf surfaces. Feeds on nectar from coastal sage scrub and forest flowers in California. Supplements diet with …
Tamaño de la puesta 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ninguno

Black Jacobin only

Ninguno

Allen's Hummingbird only

Song & Call Comparison

Black Jacobin

Canto

Melodic, flute-like series descending smoothly; rich sustained notes with slight vibrato, beautiful and clear in calm air.

Allen's Hummingbird

Canto

Deep, resonant churring trill; prolonged low buzzing sound carrying well across broad coastal mangroves.

Geographic Range & Migration

Black Jacobin

Endemic to eastern Brazil in the Atlantic Forest from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul. Resident in Atlantic forest and adjacent open areas.

Allen's Hummingbird

Breeds along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Partial migrant; some Channel Islands populations resident year-round.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Black Jacobin

Least Concern

Allen's Hummingbird

How to Tell Them Apart

Black Jacobin

Plumaje

Males entirely blackish with a glossy blue-violet sheen; white tips to undertail coverts; white tail corners; female similar but duller with white-spotted underparts; Atlantic forest hummingbird with unusual all-dark plumage …

Allen's Hummingbird

About These Birds

Black Jacobin

A medium-sized hummingbird (12-13 cm) endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Mostly black plumage with white tail sides visible in flight. Nectarivore of forest and forest edge. Often feeds at bromeliads and Erythrina flowers. An important pollinator of Atlantic Forest plants.

Allen's Hummingbird

A small hummingbird (8-9 cm) breeding along the Pacific coast from Oregon to southern California. Males have an orange-red throat and rufous flanks. Closely related to Rufous Hummingbird. Partial migrant; some populations resident on Channel Islands. Named after Thomas Allen.

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